Re: backup media

I have been told by people I trust that for optimum performance
of fast tape drives, you may want to isolate the IOP that drives them
on a dedicated bus.  I think this means TWO empty towers for TWO
3590 C22s...

Charly Jones
Geezer in Gig Harbor


>From: Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@arbsol.com>
>
>Harry,
>
>   Yup, TWO 3590-C22s!  Honestly if you have the CPW and disk arms to
>push two drives this is currently the only way to faster tape.  It does
>sound like you have an opportunity for Save While Active to help you as
>well.
>
>   If your backup window still cannot be met, then you will need to
>consider a solution like DataMirror (or Vision or ....)to a second
>system and then back up that system.
>
> > "Harry D. Angkasa" wrote:
> >
> > I need to reduce backup time during batch, changing a backup media is
> > an alternative.
> > Currently we are using 3590-C22, is there any faster media than this?
>
>--
>Larry Bolhuis          | Cogito ergo mercari iSeries
>Arbor Solutions, Inc.  |
>(616) 451-2500         |               (I think, therefore I buy iSeries.)
>(616) 451-2571 -fax    |
>lbolhuis@arbsol.com    |        #3  1951-2001

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