Jean Turner wrote :

> Dear Readers, we have a H-P 3000/957 with a 2g dat drive c2477sz and an
8g dat drive c2466r. We are now going into our third tape on a once a week
backup even though we have spread the files across the two drives.  Should
we buy  a larger drive(which one) or add a third to our cabinet?  Any
information will be appreciated very much.
>
> Thanks,

I would suggest a DDS-3. It can backup up to 24 Gbyte of data, assuming a
2:1 compression ratio.

Hope this helps ...

Christian Lheureux
Head of Systems and Networks Department
APPIC R.H.
An HPConnect Systems Integrator
An HP3000 Expert