On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, Ken Sletten - Code 331A wrote:
 
> john sullivan writes:
>
> [.....SNIP.....]
> For instance, backups.  For hpux, I currently use a 8GB
> DDS drive which backs up 2 hpux servers, 2 workstations, and
> an Apple server.  I can fit 3 days of the above on 1 tape.
> If these were mpe systems, I would be mounting 15 tapes
> and have 5 tape drives.
> [.....SNIP.....]
>
> Hmmmmm....... John, if you had that much MPE data why
> couldn't you use the Model 4000DC  8-16 GByte
> compressing DDS drive part number C1530B on your 3000 ?
> ...... We just bought two, which is why I know the numbers.....
>
> Ken Sletten
>
 
I don't think you quite understood.  It is not that I have
that much mpe data, but that I can't use the network to
do backups on mpe like I can for hpux, and append to the
end of the tape.
 
--john