Floor space may be a bigger issue than money here. I know part of the space that will be freed up has already been promised to the server side. It will allow them to spread racks right on up the wall from where they are now. You're right we already own the 3480s. If it were up to me, I'd drop down from our 12 drives to 4 and keep them. But as you said, you don't understand our management... neither do we!! Robert
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- As other responded, nobody uses 3592 format for software delivery. However I don't understand your mgmt: you *already have* 3480 drives. What is the cost to keep it ? Floor space ? Power consumption ? Maintenance ? I would leave it and drop any maintenance contracts. Assuming you have more than one drive, it is no big problem to repair it in case of failure. It's not mission critical equipment. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ================================================================================================ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ================================================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
