On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 10:27 -0500, Richard Sims wrote: > On Dec 22, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Brian Wheeler wrote: > > > Hello all! > > > > I'm maintaining a 3494 w/3 3590 drives that is getting a bit long > > in the > > tooth and short on capacity. ... > > I'd generally recommend that sites plan to migrate to later > generations of their tape drive technology, which allows maintaining > a healthy capacity margin within the confines of the existing > library. In this case, I would recommend 3592 drives. We added some > to our 3494 as 3590 capacity approached exhaustion, and have been > totally satisfied: excellent speed, wonderful capacity, with no new > library additions or floor space/power consumption. (This was a good > move, as our old 3590 drives are exhibiting more and more > functionality problems, with IBM having to work on the same drive > four times to correct its problems.) > > If at all possible, go with a straightforward solution like this > rather than some cobbled-together compensatory stuff which you'll > come to regret, as having to attend to its irregularities saps your > limited time. >
Sigh, I wish I could go with new drives (or even a new TS3310 library), but as the political climate around here is "no new libraries", I think even new drives would be a bit of a stretch. :( Brian > Richard Sims, Sr. Systems Programmer > Boston University Office of Information Technology
