RE: DASD performance curve graphs??

Paul,

Why not use your DLT drive to back up the PCs over the network at night.
I've seen several clients do this as an acceptable backup strategy. Of
course, if you're talking about your home PC, then that is a different ball
game. 

-Walden

-----Original Message-----
From: PaulMmn [mailto:PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 1999 9:28 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: DASD performance curve graphs??


>The DASD industry has just figured out that they
>can create a 35GB device in a 3 1/2 form factor for the same cost of a 2 GB
>in the same form factor.
>
>Al Barsa, Jr.


Which only adds to the problems of backing up your system-- be it an AS/400
or the PC on your desk.  We've switched to DLT tape, and have reduced our
backup time and number of tapes to about half a dozen to handle a largish
model 640.

Now, on the PC side, there are the same huge drives with a 1.44 Meg
diskette drive as the only means of backing them up.  *sigh*  That's a good
argument for 2 drives and mirroring on -every- desktop-- at least the only
data loss problems will be caused by user malfunction!  (:

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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