Bill Colwell [SMTP:bcolwell AT DRAPER DOT COM] wrote:
> TAPEIOBUFS came in with 3.7.  All my storage pools are
> on stk 9840s but they are emulating 3490's.  I have tapeiobufs set
> to 9 anyway;  after the storage pools were in use, we
> got some 9840's in 3590 mode.  I hoped that I could do the dbb
> to the 3590s and it would be faster but it wasn't.
>
Just out of curiosity, why do you have the 9840s emulating 3490s and 3590s?
Is there an advantage to doing this, or is it just for compatibility with
pre-existing tapes?

The reason I ask is because I am in the throes of setting up a new
implementation with STK 9840s (in a Powderhorn) and I don't know a lot about
tapes yet.