>> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:45:05 -0400, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> said:
> This is why we are moving to 3592-E05 drives. Besides the capacity > difference, the reliability we have seen with 3590 drives (even those that > are 10+ years old), far exceeds the LTO's. We mount 1000's of 3590 tapes, > daily. If we have 1-failure in 2-3 weeks, that is rare. > Granted the 3592-E05 drives are new and "disposable/FRU" technology vs. > field-repairable, so time will tell. I got four of the first E05s out the door. Ordered them just before they were available (i.e. business partner knew where we were going). I had several problems initially (and my 3584 was shipped busted) but after what I considered a sane set of growing pains, they've settled down to the behavior I expect out of the 3590s and the J1As, to wit not a peep out of them. With 4 3590s and 4 3592s, I mount from 1-2 thousand tapes a day (dang, never counted that before) at my Gainesville location. I've never had a 3584 problem. - Allen S. Rout
