See my reply inline.

On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 10:09:25AM -0400, Thierry ITTY wrote:
> 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 ?

I backup 200-400 GBs a day to 600 GB diskpool and then onto five 3590
E1A drives in a 3494 with 3 frames (808 cells), and I'm very happy with
both the 3590 drives and the 3494 library. I guess I could backup double
the amount of data that I do today without any problems.

I would recommend sticking with your 3590 drives, maybe upgrading them
to 3590 H1A (60 GB uncompressed on a 3590 K cartridge).

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