If your 3590 drives have the green 2x sticker on the back of them (open the cabinet and look), they can support K cartridges. 3590H drives can support K-Carts. The K carts have a different knotch configuration than the J cartridges. There is no issue with having a mixed bag except it throws off your estimated capacity numbers.
The K cartridges also require Turtle cases to ship them if you intend to use certified cases. They are a lot more sensitive to being damaged. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Northrop Grumman Information Technology 757-688-8180 -----Original Message----- From: Fred Johanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mixing 3590E and 3590K volumes My 3494 is filled with 3590E carts. If I were to use 3590K carts, my robot wouldn't be so filled. This is the current definition of the DEVC TAPE: > Device Class Name: TAPE > Device Access Strategy: Sequential > Storage Pool Count: 8 > Device Type: 3590 > Format: DRIVE > Est/Max Capacity (MB): > Mount Limit: 7 > Mount Wait (min): 60 > Mount Retention (min): 2 If I were to start introducing the longer format carts into my system, would TSM use them interchangeably with the old ones, i.e., would reclamation write 2 Es on a K and 1/2 a K on an E, or would I have to have two separate device classes? TIA