Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!CS.UTAH.EDU!cetron From: cetron@CS.UTAH.EDU (Edward J Cetron) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Pertec tape drives, ALL-IN-1 worries Message-ID: <8707122016.AA04901@cs.utah.edu> Date: Sun, 12-Jul-87 16:16:08 EDT Article-I.D.: cs.8707122016.AA04901 Posted: Sun Jul 12 16:16:08 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jul-87 06:01:29 EDT References: <615*kenw@noah.arc.cdn> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: cs.utah.edu!cetron@cs.utah.edu (Edward J Cetron) Distribution: world Organization: Center for Engineering Design, Univ of Utah Lines: 15 I recommend the 6250/1600 cipher M990 (?) which runs like a charm. The university has a few, and even more of the precursor M890's, one of which I have and after the intial shakedown period, it has run flawlessly. It is the same base unit mechanical drive as is/was used in the tsv05 with much better electronics. As for all-in-1, with decent set-up (user ws quotas/extents...) and some system tuning, I have seen it run just fine. I regularly log into a 780 with 15-25 all-in-1 users with fairly acceptable performance...It is very tough on the terminal muxes since it always repaints the screen. -ed cetron@cs.utah.edu cetron@utahcca.bitnet