I have several question concerning ADSM/6000 support for ATL Odetics
libraries:
 Is the "ACL6/176"  supported?
Are DLT4000 drives supported?
If support is available - which ADSM Server Level (Version 1 and 2) is
needed?
If support is not available - when will it come out?

Hanna

On  9 Nov 95 at 16:07, paul (p.) shields wrote:

> We decided to go with DLTs because the 3590s were very expensive for the
> capacity they delivered. In addition, DLT6000s are tentatively scheduled for
> release in April, will double the capacity, and bring the performance to 
> 5Mb/s.
> This eliminates most of the advantages of the 3590 technology, especially when
> price is factored in. In addition IBM has had trouble delivering the 3590 
> drives
> and the tapes are very expensive. Also, don?t expect to see any significant
> improvements in data capacity on the 3590s in the short term.
>
> Get a DLT library on evaluation and try it. Nothing works better than first 
> hand
> experience.
>
> Another option, if you need high performance and high capacity, and have the
> monery, are the STK silos with Redwood drives.
>
> Paul Shields
> pshields AT bnr DOT ca
>

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