Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper?

2003-10-27 Thread Jim Sporer
;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/24/03 06:58 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper? > A dual gripper shaves some seconds off the overall time. It may be worth pointing out tha

Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper?

2003-10-26 Thread Steve Harris
tor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper? > A dual gripper shaves some seconds off the overall time. It may be worth pointing out that a dual gripper loses you some library tape slots - 10% of them, in fact. The up

Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper?

2003-10-25 Thread Thomas A. La Porte
The dual-gripper is considered a high availability option, thus each gripper must have access to all cartridges in the library. Thus, the top two rows of each frame are blocked off because the second gripper can not reach them. The bottom two rows are similiarly blocked because the top gripper can

Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper?

2003-10-25 Thread Hart, Charles
How would you loose slots being that the secongripped will be on the robot ? I'm clearly missing somethig. -Original Message- From: Przemyslaw Maciuszko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 2:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3494 Library and dual gr

Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper?

2003-10-25 Thread Przemysław Maciuszko
On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 12:58:08PM +0100, Richard Foster wrote: > It may be worth pointing out that a dual gripper loses you some library > tape slots - 10% of them, in fact. The upper gripper cannot reach the > lowest 2 slot levels, nor can the lower gripper reach the highest 2 levels. > Therefor

Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper?

2003-10-24 Thread Allen Barth
[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper? > A dual gripper shaves some seconds off the overall time. It may be worth pointing out that a dual gripper loses you some library tape slots - 10% of them, in fact. The upper gripper cannot reach the low

Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper?

2003-10-24 Thread Richard Sims
>>We happen to have a dual gripper, and our LM >>stats show it being used about 40% of the time. >> > >Where/how is this information reported? David - See http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts for such factoids: Dual Gripper usage statistics Gripper usage info is available from the

Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper?

2003-10-24 Thread David E Ehresman
>We happen to have a dual gripper, and our LM >stats show it being used about 40% of the time. > Where/how is this information reported?

Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper?

2003-10-24 Thread Richard Foster
> A dual gripper shaves some seconds off the overall time. It may be worth pointing out that a dual gripper loses you some library tape slots - 10% of them, in fact. The upper gripper cannot reach the lowest 2 slot levels, nor can the lower gripper reach the highest 2 levels. Therefore these 4 le

Re: 3494 Library and dual gripper?

2003-10-24 Thread Richard Sims
>It's more hardware than software problem, but I think it's the best place >to ask. >What are the advantages of using dual gripper instead of single one? >Did You observe any improvement in library's performance? Currently we have >few 'traffic jams' during the day and are thinking about changing o

3494 Library and dual gripper?

2003-10-24 Thread Przemysław Maciuszko
Hello. It's more hardware than software problem, but I think it's the best place to ask. What are the advantages of using dual gripper instead of single one? Did You observe any improvement in library's performance? Currently we have few 'traffic jams' during the day and are thinking about changing