Re: upgrade path from 3590E to 3592

2005-01-13 Thread Ben Bullock
rsday, January 13, 2005 8:03 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: upgrade path from 3590E to 3592 I posted the following message a couple of months ago and a lot of you helped me out. Looks like we will have the funding for converting one D12 to D22 with two 3592 drives this fiscal year. Ho

Re: upgrade path from 3590E to 3592

2005-01-13 Thread Eliza Lau
I posted the following message a couple of months ago and a lot of you helped me out. Looks like we will have the funding for converting one D12 to D22 with two 3592 drives this fiscal year. However, management wants to purchase only 100 3592 tapes this year. My question is: Can 3590 and 3592 t

Re: Re: upgrade path from 3590E to 3592

2004-10-25 Thread David Bronder
Curtis Stewart wrote: > > > "This is interesting. In Yr3, if we just remove the remaining 3590s in > > the > > last L12 frame and replace them with bare slots, can the slots hold 3592 > > tapes? Does it mean the L12 doesn't need to be converted into a L22 > > before > > it can hold 3592 tapes?" >

Re: upgrade path from 3590E to 3592

2004-10-25 Thread Curtis Stewart
"This is interesting. In Yr3, if we just remove the remaining 3590s in the last L12 frame and replace them with bare slots, can the slots hold 3592 tapes? Does it mean the L12 doesn't need to be converted into a L22 before it can hold 3592 tapes?" My understanding is you only need to upgrade the

Re: upgrade path from 3590E to 3592

2004-10-25 Thread Eliza Lau
Steve, This is interesting. In Yr3, if we just remove the remaining 3590s in the last L12 frame and replace them with bare slots, can the slots hold 3592 tapes? Does it mean the L12 doesn't need to be converted into a L22 before it can hold 3592 tapes? We have one L12 and two D12s. Two 3590 dr

Re: upgrade path from 3590E to 3592

2004-10-24 Thread Steve Harris
Eliza, Why not Yr1 Convert one D12 to D22. Replace 2x 3590 with 3592 Yr2 Replace 2x3590 with 3592. This is possible because a D22 holds twice the drive density of a D12 Yr3 Given that the 3592 is faster than the 3590, it may not be necessary to add more 3592s. Just remove the remaining 3

Re: upgrade path from 3590E to 3592

2004-10-24 Thread Matthew Glanville
>> ...Because of budget constrains I am thinking of replacing a frame... >Eliza - Further $ might be saved by converting an existing frame... >Per the 3592 Planning manual: >"Existing frame models L10, L12, and L14 frames can also be > converted to the Model L22, and existing D10, D12, an

Re: upgrade path from 3590E to 3592

2004-10-22 Thread Richard Sims
On Oct 22, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Eliza Lau wrote: ...Because of budget constrains I am thinking of replacing a frame... Eliza - Further $ might be saved by converting an existing frame... Per the 3592 Planning manual: "Existing frame models L10, L12, and L14 frames can also be converted to the

upgrade path from 3590E to 3592

2004-10-22 Thread Eliza Lau
We have a 3494 tape library with six 3590E drives. I am looking into upgrading the 3590E drives to 3592 drives. current setup: TSM server 5.2.3.3 on AIX 5.2 3494 with 3 frames: one L12 and two D12s six 3590E tape drives server and 3590E drives connected to two 2109 SAN switches. Because of budget