Tapes
Status (see H.Renshall's talk for details):
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Strategy remains to use "data centre" quality tape drives and media, currently:
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STK Redwood
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STK 9840
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IBM 3590
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Upgraded our 12 IBM 3590 drives to E model
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Moved from IBM 3494 to STK Powderhorn robots (4 drives left to do)
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Added 3 new STK silos, physically separate from our previous 4, and split
our tapes between them.
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Now deploying the Cern Advanced STORage manager (CASTOR) as the successor
to SHIFT.
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Field testing a new STK 99xx drive, a single reel complement to the 9840,
and the IBM LTO drive.
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HEPiX Autumn 2000