Re: questions about TZ88N-VA

From: Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply (helbig_at_astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de)
Date: 08/19/04

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    Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:41:13 +0000 (UTC)

    In article <41250569$0$53057$e4fe514c@dreader5.news.xs4all.nl>, Wilko
    Bulte From: <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> writes:

    > In <cg2ruh$vje$1@online.de> helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip
    Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply) writes:

    > >I have acquired a TZ88n-VA DLT drive. Some questions:
    >
    > >Will this work in a BA-350 shelf? (I think the "VA" denotes that it
    > >should as far as being 8-bit etc; I suppose cooling is not an issue?)
    >
    > Correct, VA is 8 bit.
    >
    > >Should it work with all versions of VMS in the 7.3-1--8.2 range? What
    > >sort of media can it write? What sort of media can it read? (I believe
    >
    > Write DLT III and IV
    >
    > Read down to 2.6GB IIRC
    >
    > IIRC.. its been a while.
    >
    > >there are DLT-1, DLT-2, DLT-3, DLT-4 etc.) I think that even the
    > >smallest DLT tape will be enough for me; what do folks recommend with
    > >respect to a) cost and b) longevity (both of the physical tape itself as
    > >well as being able to read it in the future from another drive)?
    >
    > Get a III or IV cartridge.

    Thanks for the info.

    I have mostly SCSI-1 (5 Mb/s), some fast narrow SCSI-2 (10 MB/s), mostly
    VA disks internal or in BA350 or BA353 shelves, some VW disks in BA356
    shelves (all of these are on the 10 Mb/s SCSI). When doing a backup to
    the DLT system mentioned above from a) a disk on the same SCSI bus, b) a
    disk with a direct connection to the same machine and c) to an
    MSCP-served disk, what will be the bottleneck: disk speed, SCSI-bus
    speed, tape-drive speed or network speed (only a possibility in the last
    case, obviously)?

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