AIT vs DLT experiences?

We're planning to buy a AIT or DLT tape drive for our AS/400. I've heard some
bad things about AIT tapes and tape drives. The dual drives we're looking at
have more than $10,000 Canadian difference - are the Sony AIT drives so much
cheaper because they're not as reliable as DLT?

Also we already have a DLT4000 with a SCSI2 to Fast Wide SCSI cable. Should this
work when attached to a 6501 controller? Could I attach a single
drive DLT7000 to the controller, as well?

Thanks for your help!

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Technical Support Analyst                  Phone: (519)-661-2111 X5504
The University of Western Ontario          FAX: (519)-661-3532
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