At 16:23 -0400 on 03/24/2010, Carl Swanson wrote about Re: Mainframe
Executive article on the death of tape:
Yes, Open the door or in some cases just use the Op panel to get the
tapes you want. Some new large libraries you can eject or import 80 or so
tapes at a time. But, if you want them all it is best to open the door and
take them out.
As I noted in another message, if you need to eject or insert lots of
cartridges, bypassing the import/eject port and just going to the
storage area can be faster since the operation (moving the tapes
between the import/eject door and the storage areas and
loading/unloading takes time). If you just do an inventory after the
manual removal/insert there is a point in time based on the number of
tapes and storage slots where the inventory operation is faster than
the automated movement.
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