We are in the midst of converting from 3590 to 3592's. We purchased 22 3592's
and 900 3592 Carts via our IBM reseller. According to our IBM partner 3592
tapes are available through IBM till Feb/March 04. From then on they should be
available from Fuji and Imation. (The tape media developed by IBM / Fuji).
http://www.fuji-magnetics.com/en/company/news/index2_html
We also have been working with our tape vendor, as he requested a 3592 cart
from us to give to Imation to compare the final product with what Imation is
working on. Of course we asked our IBM partner if it was ok to give our tape
vendor a 3592 cart and their attitude was sure, the more manufactures the
better to drive the tape cart price down.
So far we have put in 12 of the 22 drives in production and are able to handle
the daily backup load and do move datas from 3590's to 3592s. Our Unix backup
clients are seeing 1.2TB (not kidding) per cart (we create 2 copies daily) and
out Intel is seeing about 600Gb per cart. Only service call we had in the past
3 weeks is a tape stuck in the 3590's
Be careful what you heard from other vendors, we've been burned by one vendor
speaking of another.
Regards,
Charles
-----Original Message-----
From: Coolen, IG (Ilja) [mailto:ilja.coolen AT ABP DOT NL]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 1:32 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: 3592 Media Availability
Mike,
We purchase all 3590 and in the future 3592 tapes at Imation.
They have the 3592 tapes in their portfolio. As a mather of fact, IBM sells
3590/3592 and probably other types to, as an OEM product, manufactured by
Imation.
We have no experience on 3592. We plan to implement in Q1/04.
Kind regards
Ilja Coolen
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Crawford [mailto:mcrawfrd AT TELUSPLANET DOT NET]
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 11:27 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: 3592 Media Availability
I've been hearing varying stories from vendors regarding the availability of
3592 media. Beyond the 20 tapes available through IBM with the installation
of
the drive, are these tapes available through resellers now? I've seen
estimates
anywhere from today to March '04.
I'd also be interested in hearing comments from anyone with first-hand
experience using the 3592 in a production environment. Do they live up to
the hype?
Thanks,
Mie
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