On Nov 12,  9:45am, Paul Zarnowski wrote:
> Subject: Re: Should I buy Magstar or DLT ..??
> At 05:00 PM 11/11/98 -0700, Larry Chisesi wrote:
> >     Duty cycles on DLT are based on 10-20%
> >utilization, but ADSM can require much more out of a tape drive.
>
> The literature I have seen on DLT indicated that their numbers were based
> on 100% duty cycles.  If you have evidence to the contrary, I would be very
> interested in seeing it.
>-- End of excerpt from Paul Zarnowski

10% duty cycle or 100% duty cycle, our experience is we replace 2-3 DLT
drives a month in our ADSM environment, and we just send big files to DLT.
Our 3590's and other "higher end" drives dont drop out at nearly the same
rate.

Gary Grider
Los Alamos