Yeah, having only one drive is not that great.  You really need two for
reclamation and copying storage pools.  These are things you will want to do.
I was there once with a single 8mm.  Now I have the 3570 B12 and it's
incredible.  But in short:  You need at least two drives, and preferably
two drives in the same tape library.  But if you get the B12 that's what you'll
have.

Good luck.


At 02:26 PM 8/14/97 -0400, you wrote:
>We are new to ADSM. We have a 3570-Bll (one drive) tape subsystem (Magstar MP).
>Now we have been told that to fully utilize ADSM we need to go to 3570-B12
(two drive) tape subsystem..
>Been trying to find info on this and have had no luck.
>
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