I'm going in the direction of the 3592 upgrade for my 3494. I have an LTO1 w/2 drives for an offsite copy pool and I've had more problems with it than the 3590 drives in my 3494 primary storage pool. I believe the 3592 technology to be much more stable and tested than the LTO models. I don't think IBM will phase out the 3592 line because it's there cash cow. You pay $30k for a 3592 or $10k for an LTO why would you phase out your money maker. Besides large mainframe environments highly use 3590 technology. Although I do believe LTO storage capacity will exceed 3592 drives in the near future and upgrades in capacity to 3592 line will be slower than those for LTO.
-----Original Message----- From: Bob Booth - CITES [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 8:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ?continue using 3590's or convert to LTO tape? On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 05:37:52AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ==> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James R Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Are you [other sites substantially invested in 3590's] continuing to > > invest in 3590's -or- are you converting to other (LTO?) tape technology? > > > 3592. Mmmm. > > tsm: GLMAIL>q vol T00054 > > Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pct Volume > Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Status > (MB) > ------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- -------- > T00054 GLMAIL-3592 3592DEV 569,517.6 97.5 Full > > > > > Is anyone considering/already doing a substantial 3590->LTO conversion? > > If so, we would like to talk with you. > > > And it fits in your extant 3494. Ah. Careful with this statement. It does fit, however, you need a frame conversion, library manager upgrade, and 3592's and 3590's can't coexist in the same frame. We may not *convert*, but we may move our 3590's out of our L unit, upgrade it, and move in a couple of these babies. They do look nice, but I still hate the thought of the dataloss, if one cart gets damaged or fails. ooooh. bob > > - Allen S. Rout ***************************EMAIL DISCLAIMER*************************** This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of th individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the individual responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify the sender or contact Health Information Management 312.413.4947.
