According to Isaac Blake: > > Item Subject: Message text > > Has anyone "upgraded" a 7980 to SCSI, and can you document any through- > > put increase? I hear radically different estimates on the relative > > speed of backups. > > Guy, > > If nobody answers I should be able to tell you in a few weeks since I'm > upgrading some of our 7980XC's... > > /isaac > Is it really worth it to upgrade instead of replace them? We have 2 7880s that are 7 years old. We had used them for daily backups on our series 70, but stopped that 2 years ago when up moved up to a 967 and now use DAT for backups. I had been assuming that we would be better served by buying a new 7980 with SCSI (we only need 1 now). Anyone care to comment? -- -- - - - Speaking for myself and not necessarily anybody else - - - - - - Richard Gambrell | Internet: [log in to unmask] Mgr. Tech. Services | POT: 504-483-7454 FAX: 504-482-1561 Xavier University of LA | Smail: 7325 Palmetto, New Orleans, LA 70125