I believe the question being asked was can they stick a 9840 tape into a 3590 drive and read it, and the answer is YES. At least is was several years ago...we use the STK drives in 3590 compat mode, and for a disaster/recovery exercise took them to a facility that only had 3590 drives, and we were able to read them (nowadays our hot site has the STK drives). However -- Andy, you said you would send your 3590 tape to a shop with STK drives -- just how would they read your tape? Russell is correct in that an STK drive cannot read a 3590 tape.
Regards, Cathy -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Witt Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: STK 9840 in 3590 compat mode The answer is NO. While STK drives do emulate 3590 to the operating system, STK does not have any drives that can actually read or write to a real 3590 cartridge. The last cartridge that was "interchangable" between STK and IBM was the good old 3480/3490 cartridge. Another reason why I believe it will stay around for a long time as a truly portable media. Russell Witt CA-1 Level-2 Support Manager -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy White Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 3:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: STK 9840 in 3590 compat mode Does anyone know this.... We have IBM 3590 H drives, if we send the media to a shop running with STK 9840 tape drives in 3590 Compat mode can they cut a tape. Then send the tape to us and we insert it into a IBM native 3590 will it be able to read it? I'm being told yes and no ;) Anyone have a definitive answer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else, unless expressly approved by the sender or an authorized addressee, is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action omitted or taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you believe that you have received this email in error, please contact the sender, delete this e-mail and destroy all copies. ============================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
