Author: "Peter Hadikin (HDIP9235)" <HDIP9235 AT BCITVM.BCIT.BC DOT CA>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 13:51:33 PST
We have an ADSM server running under VM. I am finding that when migrating to tape cartridge we are only writing about 400 meg of data per cartridge before the tape fills up. The tape drives we have a
Is data compression being done by the client workstations? If so, then I think that you should expect to see little or no additional compression from IDRC. On our 3490 drives with standard 3480 cartr
Author: "Keith A. Crabb" <KEITH AT UHUPVM1.UH DOT EDU>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 11:50:19 CST
I have Memorex equivalents of 3490E tape drives and am using the 3490 extended length cartridges with data compression on the clients and am seeing about 800M per cartridge. So I'd say 400M is about
It's true that if you turn off data compression on the clients, the ADSM server will report that it is putting more data on each cartridge, but that is because the server would be writing uncompresse
Author: "Keith A. Crabb" <KEITH AT UHUPVM1.UH DOT EDU>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 17:55:37 CST
Oh, I thought that hardware compression was still generally from 5-20% better than software compression, depending on the scheme used. We had figured who cares if we have to buy 20% more cartridges t
Author: Nick Laflamme <NLAFLAMM AT VMA.CC.ND DOT EDU>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 08:51:28 EST
For those of us who worry more about technical issues than licensing issues, can someone review the concept of "ADSM storage license fees"? I remember that the ADSM license feature codes indicate how
Nick ADSM release 2 servers came with lower montly costs, lower client fees, and and the addition of storage usage fees. Your VM release 1 server does not have the storage usage fees. Now what releas
Author: Paul Zarnowski <VKM AT CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL DOT EDU>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 14:47:06 EST
From the ADSM/6000 announcement letter, 293-687. I don't know what the fees are for the VM version. Prices: BASIC BASIC OTC MLC Base Feature for up to 25 GB of Managed Data on ADSM/6000 Server $ 3,75