This is one of the best ATLs, most cost effective for sure.  The 3590 drive
duty cycle is one of the best in the industry.  There is no other ATL that
supports the 3590 drive except a huge STK silo.  A step to LTO or anything
else is backwards.  The ATL is just a dumb tape mounter.  The drives are
what TSM uses.  Have you done the math on the cost of new tapes.  3590 K
tapes are $55 US each.

Think about it.

Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Technical Specialist
Naptheon Inc.
757-688-8180


-----Original Message-----
From: Thierry ITTY [mailto:thierry.itty AT BESANCON DOT ORG] 
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 10:09 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: a new atl (for xmas ...)


Hello all

we run tsm since years, currently a 4.2 server on a 2way F50 and 100GB disk
pool we have an automated tape library, something custom (a GRAU/ABBA-J with
ibm 3590e drives and ca 1000 cartridges), 
we backup/archieve ca 80 GB every day from our servers and workstations over
our lan we evaluate our needs in the next 3 years to 150/200GB per day,
maybe more depending on HSM's use

for various reasons we can't/won't go on with this ATL, but we want to keep
tsm

our questions : 
- what kind of ATL would you suggest in our case ? which are to avoid ?
- should we keep our 3590 drives or try a new media ? which ?
- do you know of reviews, surveys, papers about ATLs comparisons ?

TIA

please mail your answer back to me at mailto:thierry.itty AT besancon DOT org I
don't check the list often enough









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Mais ne pourrais-je pas l'être mieux ?
        Thierry ITTY
eMail : Thierry.Itty AT Besancon DOT org               FRANCE