Re: Tape unit question
1995-05-22 09:26:35
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Re: Tape unit question |
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Paul Goodwin <[email protected]> |
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Mon, 22 May 1995 09:26:35 EDT |
On Fri, 19 May 1995 12:04:00 CST Ron Thielen 312-702-7612 said:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> What kind of tape units you are using for incremental backup and
>> EXPORT.
>...
>I have spent quite a bit of time recently looking at tape drives for
>backup operations on some of our RS/6000s. We're leaning very heavily
>toward DLT format as our standard for this kind of use. Both 4mm and
>8mm tape suffer from performance limitations and lack the capacity we
>require. A 3490E has much better performance but limited capacity.
>
They cost a bit more than 3490E, but have you looked into 3590? With
an auto-loader, one 3590 can hold up to 300GB (compressed, it's about
100GB uncompressed).
Paul
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