Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO

2001-02-12 Thread Dmochowski, Ray
IBM Canada recently presented an overview of the architecture for the open tape marketplace. Visit the November 16, 2000, presentation at: http://www.cartagena.com/naspa/issues.html#IBMLTO1 for description of IBM's implementation of LTO, review of features and benefits of IBM LTO, some comparison

Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO

2001-02-09 Thread Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM
ebruary 09, 2001 01:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO The LTO roadmap includes two paths Ultrium, which is the "LTO" that everyone here is talking about and Accelis, which is the next generation 3570 tape, with the same shape and size, emphasis on

Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO

2001-02-09 Thread Joerg Pohlmann/CanWest/IBM
:16 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO Hi LuAnn, we are also in the exact same situation. We backup

Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO

2001-02-08 Thread Kelly J. Lipp
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO The LTO roadmap includes two paths Ultrium, which is the "LTO" that everyone here is talking about and Accelis, which is the next generation 3570 tape, with the same shape and size, emphasis on fast access to data and consider

Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO

2001-02-08 Thread Denis L'Huillier
Mezera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/08/2001 12:45:09 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Denis L'Huillier/FlorhamPark/Pershing) Subject: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO We are reaching storage ca

Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO

2001-02-08 Thread Steve Harris
The LTO roadmap includes two paths Ultrium, which is the "LTO" that everyone here is talking about and Accelis, which is the next generation 3570 tape, with the same shape and size, emphasis on fast access to data and considerably higher capacity I assume that when the accelis drives become ava

Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO

2001-02-08 Thread Miles Purdy
Hi LuAnn, we are also in the exact same situation. We backup a large database and many smaller filesystems. We also have and SP and L32 3575. My thoughts are this: keep the magstar _and_ buy LTO. I plan to use LTO for the database backups (few but large files) and my offsite storage pool. Then

Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO

2001-02-08 Thread Dan Giles
Go to http://search.adsm.org and do a search on LTO. It will pull up the comments that everyone has made on the list concerning LTOs. We were considering going to LTO vs upgrading our Magstars, but it turns out that it would cost twice as much as doing that. Though the drives are cheap, the libra

Re: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO

2001-02-08 Thread Kelly J. Lipp
alf Of Lu Ann Mezera Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 10:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO We are reaching storage capacity limit in our current MagStar Tape Library. We have TSM 3.7 (will upgrade to 4.1 later in the summer). Our TSM environment is in an AIX

MagStar Tape Library #3575 vs. LTO

2001-02-08 Thread Lu Ann Mezera
We are reaching storage capacity limit in our current MagStar Tape Library. We have TSM 3.7 (will upgrade to 4.1 later in the summer). Our TSM environment is in an AIX environment. We have 6 RS/6000 AIX nodes on an SP switch and about 30 NT servers that we back up nightly. We are looking at upg