wow!  thanks   ... joe.f.

Joseph A Faracchio,  Systems Programmer, UC Berkeley


On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Richard Sims wrote:

> >But we still get the SIM/MIMs and would love a key into more
> >info besides cleaning flags.
>
> Joe - You may want to have a look at the SARS manual...
>
> SARS                                    Statistical Analysis and Reporting
>                                         System, in 3590 tape technology. SARS
>                                         analyzes and reports on tape drive and
>                                         tape cartridge performance to help you
>                                         determine whether the tape cartridge 
> or
>                                         the hardware in the tape drive is
>                                         causing errors, determine if the tape
>                                         media is degrading over time, and
>                                         determine if the tape drive hardware 
> is
>                                         degrading over time.  Manual:
>                                         "Statistical Analysis and Reporting
>                                         System User Guide", available at
>                                         
> /www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/tape/pubs/
>                                         pubs3590.html
>
>  Richard Sims, BU
>