RE: I/O features not planned to be supported beyond V5R3

> Took our operations lady a few days to dup tapes to the new 
> drives, each upgrade.  But the newer drives have made the 
> pain worthwhile in improved speed and capacity.  Helps that 
> we always have at least one machine with two drives in it to 
> do a dup tape.  Sometimes more.  Worst case was duping from 
> one cartridge to a 3581 on that machine.  Then duping the 3581 to a
> 3582 on another machine.

Will the 3582 do an 'offline' dup?  Without using i5/os I mean?  We used to
do that with an 8mm we had years ago.  Now, with the 3570, we use the DUPTAP
command.

We're getting a new 520 (ordering soon) and it is cheaper to order 2 3581
drives than a single 3582.  The only benefit I could see, for us, of getting
a 3582 is offline dupping.

In either case, it will be better than the 3570 frives. <g>

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Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.