FW: Tape backup solutions

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Didn't see this appear from the list so resending in case it never made
it.
My apologies if it did already appear.



Neil Palmer                                AS/400~~~~~      
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Palmer 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 6:21 PM
> To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Cc:   'iskevin@boone.mo-boone.org'
> Subject:      RE: Tape backup solutions
> 
> Kevin,
> 
> Although there are several IBM drives that could be recommended, I'll
> make a couple of assumptions here:
> a) You're reasonable happy with 8mm, just need more speed/capacity
> b) You may have a few archive tapes you may need to restore in future
> c) You don't want to spend more money than necessary
> 
> Assuming that, I'd suggest you check out the new IBM 7208-342 8mm
> drive.
> It uses ME (Metal Evaporated) tapes to write 20GB per tape (40GB with
> compression), but can still read your old 2.3GB/5GB/7GB tapes (it can
> not write them though). 
> Speed is rated at 3MB/sec (6MB/sec with compression).  This is 6 times
> faster than your 7208-012).
> And it's far cheaper than a 3590, and significantly cheaper than a
> 3570.
> 
> What's the catch ?  Well just one really, it requires V4R1M0 or higher
> to run.
> 
> 
> Neil Palmer                                AS/400~~~~~      
> NxTrend Technology - Canada   ____________          ___  ~     
> Thornhill, Ontario,  Canada   |OOOOOOOOOO| ________  o|__||=   
> Phone: (905) 731-9000  x238   |__________|_|______|_|______)   
> Cell.: (416) 565-1682  x238    oo      oo   oo  oo   OOOo=o\   
> Fax:   (905) 731-9202       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
> mailto:NPalmer@NxTrend.com    AS/400  The Ultimate Business Server
> 
> http://www.NxTrend.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Allemann [SMTP:iskevin@boone.mo-boone.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 12:34 PM
> To:   'midrange AS400 List'
> Subject:      Tape backup solutions
> 
> I would be very interested in hearing what others are using for their
> tape backup solutions (both IBM and non-IBM) on their 400s.  Were have
> exceeded the capacity of what our 7208-012 can get onto one tape are
> looking for something with more capacity and preferably more speed.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Kevin Allemann
> Boone County Information Services
> Columbia Missouri
> 
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