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- From: SYSTEM_JM@UNODE2.NSWC.NAVY.MIL ("SYSTEM SUPPORT")
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Volume Sets
- Message-ID: <9211051918.AA09504@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 19:06:00 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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- Date sent: 5-NOV-1992 14:01:03
- >Nigel - We have several volume sets here, and they've worked just fine
- >for us. One is two 1.1-gb RA90s, another is three RA90s, and the other
- >is four 1.5-gb RA92s. One of them has tens of thousands of All-In-1
- >files on it. They're not as efficient as stripe sets, but they don't
- >cost extra money either. And, as you say, each set fits on a single
- >DAT tape (using data compression).
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- Have you *ever* had a disk in your bound volume set go bad?! The bad news
- is that instead of restoring one disk from your tape backups, you'll have to
- restore the *entire* volume set. When it work, it works good. Gee, how many
- tapes will it take to restore the four 1.5GB volume set?! And how much time?!
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- ** Jim Matthews **
- ** Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division **
- ** Code N23A **
- ** Dahlgren, VA 22448-5000 **
- ** Internet: system_jm@unode2.nswc.navy.mil **
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