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The platters come in 1.3, 2.6, and 5.2 GB sizes. Respectively, IBM calls them 2x, 4x and 8x. The two main considerations when deciding on WORM or rewritable are the permanence of the record and the speed at which it writes. Writing to a WORM drive is considerably slower than writing to a rewritable drive. WORM drives would be considered more of a permanent record than the rewrtable, but still not of archival quality.

We have a 4x drive and an 8x drive. The 8x drive can read 4x platters, but the 4x drive cannot read the higher density ones.

Mark Allen wrote:
Per IBM (if ya can believe em) mine should be capacity of 2.6 GB and from
looking at them thru system that appears to be correct.  Not sure on WORM or
rewrite. We use it to archive spool files and rarely delete from tham so
thinking WORM?

Mark Allen
IS Manager
Wilkes Telephone & Electric
11 W. Court Street
Washington, GA 30673
Phone: (706) 678-9565
Fax: (706) 678-1000


-----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike.Crump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:44 PM To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Subject: Re: 3995 C40, Optical



It's been a while since I've dealt with a 3995 but what kind of platters are
you looking for?  There are WORM and re-writable and I think there are some
different sizes.....if what you need is a 5.2GB double sided cartridge with
a part number of 59H4786 I know where you can get some.....








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Anybody know of a source for getting more optical platters for the above machine. IBM rep and IBM Direct no help at all. Rep had no idea and IBM Direct got a lady who barely spoke English, not sure if what she quoted me was even what I need!!!

Mark Allen
IS Manager
Wilkes Telephone & Electric
11 W. Court Street
Washington, GA 30673
Phone: (706) 678-9565
Fax: (706) 678-1000


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