Re: Full save to virtual tape?

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In 2003 that would likely have been an LTO1. LTO2 as only released in 
2003. That LTO1 was a big pokey.


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On 3/4/2019 4:22 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:
> Excellent point, but I don't have a great answer.
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> It was an external tape library that we bought in 2003.  I think the tapes resembled the LTO5 we have now.  If LTO existed back in 2003, it might have been whatever generation of LTO was current (but not bleeding edge).
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Berendt [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
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> What you left off was what tape drive were you using on that 810.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Justin Taylor
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> Subject: RE: Full save to virtual tape?
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> I started using virtual tape on an 810 iSeries running v5r4.  At the time, the performance difference was night-and-day.  I've been a believer since.  That initial experience is dated and could probably use with a good reassessment.
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> For daily backups, we take the system into a pseudo-restricted state and backup to virtual tape.  Then we bring all the subsystems back online and dupe to 1 or 2 physical tapes.
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> I was hoping to shorten my periodic maintenance window on the new server with virtual tape.  The consensus is that that's a pipe dream.
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> Thanks