>The only significant problem with 3480 tapes > was due to faulty media produced by BASF.
I was a customer of them, back then. I remember the pain. But, back to the article. Tape is NOT going to go away. It's still the cheapest backup media. It used to be the fastest for sequential processing, but I don't know if it still is. The last place I worked at just used it for backups. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
