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The CD Drives in our 2 stacks of 7 are dying 1 by 1.  We currently use a
device called a DiscPort to allow our Win 95 clients to access the CD
drives.  DiscPort has been problematic at best and tech support has been
less than stellar.  A business teacher suggest buying an HP SureStore CD-ROM
Server instead of replacing the old drives one at a time and spending hour
configuring and troubleshooting the DiscPort.

My question: is anyone out there using the HP product?  Is it less trouble
than a CD stack?  Is it worth the investment ($2200 for seven drives or
$3800 for 14 versus $2600 to replace all 14 of my existing drives and keep
nursing the DiscPort)?  I'd be greatful for any feedback.

--
Tony Doyle, Librarian
Livingston HS, Livingston, CA
tdoyle@muhsd.k12.ca.us

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