Hi

ADSM 3.1.2.20
AIX 4.2.1 on SP Node
STK 9740 w/ 3* DLT7000

We bougth a STK 9740 a few months ago and hesitated for the drives.
Under AIX, DLT7000 drives are supported with the last devices.scsi.tape
fileset. 3 months ago, the driver for 9840 drives for ADSM was not
created
by IBM. It is an OMI driver and you must pay for it. Moreover prices are
VERY
expensive.

Ok, 9840 have better performances than DLT7000 (nearly those of a
Magstar)
drives but cartridges are far more expensive. RS/6000 can handle both DLT
and 9840, MVS system can not support DLT drives. So ??

Herve





        uwe.schoenacher @ LZB-BAYERN.BUNDESBANK.DE
        04/05/99 12:39
To: ADSM-L @ VM.MARIST.EDU
cc:  (bcc: Herve Chibois/FR/ABNAMRO/NL)
Subject: STK - 9840 TapeDrive

Hello ADSM-Users,

has anybody experience with STK-9840-Drives?.

We are designing a new ADSM-Environment with an ADSM-Server (RS6000 H50)
based on AIX. Our favorite tape-technology so long  is IBM Magstar. Now I
have heard about the 9840-Drives. They should be as fast as Magstar - but
how is the availability and the reliability of that drives?