RE: Poor IFS performance?

Sorry if it sounds like a crock. I'm only quote IBM's 3490E announcements,
marketing literature, and tape performance presentation by their marking
specialists.
George Lemen

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> From:         Al Barsa, Jr.[SMTP:barsa2@ibm.net]
> Reply To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Sent:         Monday, February 28, 2000 7:34 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: Poor IFS performance?
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> At 08:48 AM 02/28/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> >Patrick, Al
> >  From the literature I have, it looks like the 2.4GB per 3490E cartridge
> >assumes a 3:1 compression ratio (when "compression" is on). If there is
> no
> >compression, 800MB per cartridge is claimed.
> 
> 
> Agreed
> 
> >   If the objects in the IFS do not compress well, 4 cartridges would
> have
> >somewhere between 3.2GB  and  9.6GB depending on the actual compression
> >results for the data being saved.
> 
> I do not agree.  Sounds like a crock to me.
> 
> Al
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