RE: Tape backup solutions

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK Dean, I'll call you on this one.
Care to explain "tape drive configured as a virtual device on the /400
to which it is not attached..."  ?
:-)


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DAsmussen [SMTP:DAsmussen@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 1:01 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Tape backup solutions
> 
> Chuck,
> 
> In a message dated 98-05-19 23:02:16 EDT, you write:
> 
> > How far apart are your 400's ? I ask because we just ":inherited"  a
> 500 and
> we
> >  already have a 530 with a 3590 (and I LOVE the 3590...). I'd like
> to use
> the 3590
> >  on the 500 but was wondering about cable length. We originally had
> the 3590
> on
> >  our 320 and as we were getting ready to and finally moving to the
> 530, we
> used it
> >  on both but they were side by side...
> 
> Actually (unless using the "dual porting option"), his /400's are
> probably
> connected via SNA, and the tape drive configured as a virtual device
> on the
> /400 to which it is not attached...
> 
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
> 
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