California Sony StorStation AIT Library LIB-162

[Shadow Lord]

Selling Price

50

Is the price negotiable?

Yes

Closest Major City

Upland

Delivery Options

Local Pickup Only

Not sure if this was vintage enough so posting it here: Rack mount Sony StorStation AIT Library LIB-162. The unit was stored in a dry indoor environment. Comes as pictured. No additional accessories, cables, or paperwork included. Unit has NOT been power tested and will require maintenance before use. SOLD FOR PART AND/OR REPAIR OR FOR DISPLAY. Sold as is where is. Payment on pickup in cash.

 

[Shadow Lord]

Getting to the point of going to a landfill if no takers....

 

[MrImprovement]

Does this device seem to be able (per docs I can find) to hold internally, 16 tapes inside itself? Tapes are still available for about $8 apiece it seems.

 

[bob22]

> 16 tapes inside itself

Yes I had one of these in the early 2000s. It works only as a library in that you need software to manage the loading/unloading (there are front panel controls for manually controlling it). Whereas the smaller 8 tape version would also work as an autoloader so when you hit the end of the tape the device would switch to the next tape and continue writing without returning an error to the writer. Extremely reliable, especially if you're comparing it against Exabyte Mammoth 2

 

[Shadow Lord]

It works only as a library in that you need software to manage the loading/unloading (there are front panel controls for manually controlling it).

Do you by any chance still have the SW and can post it? I am almost positive this one does not come with any SW. Or will it work with generic (e.g. Veritas/Backup Exec) library SW?

 

[bob22]

I don't think it came with any, at least none for Solaris anyway. From what I can remember I hacked something together using the open source version of rmt. Today I'd probably try something like Bacula as the first step.

 

[Shadow Lord]

Thanks. Well now that SW is taken cared of who is saving this library from the trash heap?