I think you may be mistaken here. We were one of the customers that had the early E1A drives. In order for the K tapes to be used we had to put a feature update on to change the mechanism in the drive, not the tape head. This change was necessary to support the thinner tape the K tape has. B models cannot support this to my knowledge unless a recent change was made.
-----Original Message----- From: Nathan Himmel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 3:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3590 - Estimate Capacity question 3590B1A drive should support (with the proper microcode) the K tapes. So, the native capacity is 20GB. Nathan Himmel Semech Software Marketing LTD. Tel:(972)-3-5333144 Fax:(972)-3-5333132 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Orville Lantto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 10:08 PM Subject: Re: 3590 - Estimate Capacity question > 3590B1A drives are 128 track drives. Native capacity should be 10 GB. > They do not support the K tapes. Upgrade to 3590E1A for that support and > 256 track tapes. > > Orville L. Lantto > Datatrend Technologies, Inc. > 121 Cheshire Lane #700 > Minnetonka, MN 55305 > > > > > > Nathan Himmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 11/08/01 01:34 PM > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject: 3590 - Estimate Capacity quesion > > > Hi, > > Customer is using TSM V4.1 server on Windows 2000, 3494-ATL, 3590B1A > drives which should support the Extended Length cartridges and 3590 model > K cartridges (20GB uncompressed). > "q vol" reports: Estimate Capacity is about 18GB, Status is FULL, Pct Util > is about 95-100% and Pct. Reclaimable Space is about 0-5% (There is no > tape with more then 18GB). > Compression is done on the Drive side. > FORMAT = DRIVE is defined on the Devclass. > I would expect that the Estimate Capacity should indicate the actual > capacity on the tapes (after compression), regardless of what is defined > on the Devclass. > Is this a real problem or only a report problem? > > Any idea? > > > Nathan Himmel > Semech Software Marketing LTD. > Tel:(972)-3-5333144 > Fax:(972)-3-5333132 > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
