On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 10:27 -0500, Richard Sims wrote:
> On Dec 22, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Brian Wheeler wrote:
>
> > Hello all!
> >
> > I'm maintaining a 3494 w/3 3590 drives that is getting a bit long
> > in the
> > tooth and short on capacity. ...
>
> I'd generally recommend that sites plan to migrate to later
> generations of their tape drive technology, which allows maintaining
> a healthy capacity margin within the confines of the existing
> library. In this case, I would recommend 3592 drives. We added some
> to our 3494 as 3590 capacity approached exhaustion, and have been
> totally satisfied: excellent speed, wonderful capacity, with no new
> library additions or floor space/power consumption. (This was a good
> move, as our old 3590 drives are exhibiting more and more
> functionality problems, with IBM having to work on the same drive
> four times to correct its problems.)
>
> If at all possible, go with a straightforward solution like this
> rather than some cobbled-together compensatory stuff which you'll
> come to regret, as having to attend to its irregularities saps your
> limited time.
>
Sigh, I wish I could go with new drives (or even a new TS3310 library),
but as the political climate around here is "no new libraries", I think
even new drives would be a bit of a stretch. :(
Brian
> Richard Sims, Sr. Systems Programmer
> Boston University Office of Information Technology
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