Totally. We used to backup to tape. But since putting a disk spool
inbetween, the performance has significantly improved.

Alex
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   Alex Lazarevich | Systems | Imaging Technology Group
   alazarev AT itg.uiuc DOT edu | (217)244-1565 | www.itg.uiuc.edu
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On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Joshua Bassi wrote:

> It is restricted to one.  The best way to backup your data is to a disk
> pool first, then bleed the diskpool to tape and you will get much better
> performance out of your single session than you would if you backed up
> directly to tape.
>
>
> --
> Joshua S. Bassi
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>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Conko, Steven
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:16 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Multiple sessions per tape
>
> We're running ADSM 4.2 on AIX 4.3.3, 3494 library, 3590 drives.
>
> Is there any way to control the number of sessions per tape or is it
> restricted to one?
>
> Steven A. Conko
> Senior Unix Systems Administrator
> ADT Security Services, Inc.
>