Your 3575 probably isn't worth a lot on the used market, the techology is good but the capacity isn't. I had one at my last site and I really loved the way you could get a file back in literally seconds.
This site has a 3494 and I'd recommend it to anyone but it is very expensive to buy and upgrade. Have you thought of going with a slower and perhaps cheaper library as a tertiary store and keeping your 3575 as a secondary store? What the hey, use a 3494 as your tertiary store and still keep the 3575! Steve Harris AIX and TSM Admin Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia >>> Gene Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/02/2002 5:31:15 >>> The 3575 we are currently using backs up aix servers as well as nt systems. The biggest problem has been to keep enough scratch tapes available. I'm currently rotating around 600 tapes that hold appox. 20gb eachdepending on compression. Also in the past we have not had the luxuary of a fiber backbone, but that is now changing and each of our 35 locations have fiber being installed. Going this direction would allow us to have a lot less tapes, and at the same time give us room to grow in the future. I'm not dead set on a 3494 library because of price, but it does appear to give us a lot of flexibility for future needs. Gene |--------+-------------------------> | | "Davidson, | | | Becky" | | | <Becky.Davidson| | | @SLBG.COM> | | | | | | 02/01/02 12:31 | | | PM | | | Please respond | | | to "ADSM: Dist | | | Stor Manager" | | | | |--------+-------------------------> >---------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: (bcc: Gene Greenberg/CentralOffice/RRISD) | | Subject: Re: 3494 Tape Library | >---------------------------------------------------------| We have a 3494 and it works great. We also have a 3584 which works well. What kind of purpose are you going to use it for? Becky -----Original Message----- From: Gene Greenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3494 Tape Library SMers I'm currently using a 3575 tape library and have to make or not make a recommendation to move to a 3494 library. For those who have one already I'd be interested in your eval of the 3494, good, bad or indefferent. Thanks for your help Gene ********************************************************************** This e-mail, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this e-mail is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this e-mail in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone or by return e-mail. You should also delete this e-mail message and destroy any hard copies produced. **********************************************************************
