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