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From:   Wayne, Roby
Sent:   Thursday, March 12, 1998 3:20 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: 120M Tapes In DDS-2 -Reply

We just upgraded from a C1503B DDS to a C1504B DDS2, supposedly.  Do
these "little babies" support 120m tapes?  So far, we haven't seen any
marked improvement in the upgrade.

C'est la vie.

Roby
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Wayne,

Beats me.  We're running 2 C1533 (according to the label) drives.
They handle 120M and 90M co-mingled tapes quite nicely.
Takes a bit under 60 minutes to Turbostore 5GB or so driving
them in paralell from their own dedicated SCSI card on a 987.
Tape length doesn't make any difference in peformance, just
how much you can jam on one tape.

      We have some other model DDSII drive on a 9000 but don't have
      much experiance with it, seems 'bout the same though.  We
      also have a DLT drive on the 9k.  If you need performance, get
      some $$$ and get one.  We get about 2GB in just over 10
      minutes.   Don't forget the $150 per tape for that DLT drive.

       Don't know about DDS3.  Anyone care to chime in on that?

       jt