RE: IBM 3570 tape subsystem

David is right, the tapes ARE pricy at @ $80ea.. We have an early B version
which has served us well for the last year, although I understand that they
can be a maint. problem (per an IBM rep.), which the newer series have
solved. We have not had any problems with it. A fullsys save (GO Save, #21)
takes about an hour for 15GB onto one tape. SAVSYS takes less than 15
minutes.

If you do a Deja.com search of the newsgroups you will find a few
conversations on this as well.


Dale Draper
Sega Enterprises, Inc. (USA)
Dale.Draper@seu.sega.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Gibbs [SMTP:david@midrange.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 6:37 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: IBM 3570 tape subsystem
> 
> > I have the opportunity to buy a used 3570 stand alone 2-drive tape
> > subsystem qualified for IBM maint.
> > Those of you with experience on these, how are they?  Reliable? 
> > Speedy?  Does the offline tape-to-tape copy work well?
> 
> I had a similar beast (20 cart version) at the last place I worked.
> 
> It was great, although the picker was a little "Picky" sometimes.
> 
> One thing I can say about it ... it was very FAST.  The compression
> ratio was good to.  I could regularly backup our entire system (20gb)
> onto a single tape.
> 
> The tapes are a bit pricy, if I remember right.
> 
> david
> 
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