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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 803.1 | near-line, same format as magnetic | TAPE::SENEKER | Head banging causes brain mush | Fri Mar 07 1997 14:26 | 35 |
| The most generic answer is this:
Image the customer has the need for say 32 magnetic disk drives
worth of storage but they cannot justify the expense. After looking
around they find a jukebox that offers the same look as 32 magnetic
disk drives but it is less expensive and slower than magnetic disks.
Vary the value 32 in the above example from 16 to 238 for different
size jukeboxes. Throw in the fact that the media is removable so
if you want to keep the data but don't need it online, you just replace
the optical media in the jukebox instead of buying more drives.
Some applications are:
Customer usage varies from just archiving data, storing geological
data for future work, medical records, near-line data base
applications, and any customer data that must be stored for long
periods of time.
The happiest optical customers have a need to see data in the same
manner as they store it on magnetic disk but they do not need to see
this data on a daily basis (near-line storage .vs. online storage).
The customers gain the ability to see their data in a fe seconds to
a few minutes (in the proper format).
Near-line buys the customer two big things:
- Data is available in only a few seconds to few minutes instead of
the amount of time it takes to recover traditional "offline" storage.
- Since the data is in a usable format, the customer does not have to
incur the expense of "making space available" on the magnetic disks.
This means they can have less magnetic disk space and that their
magnetic disk space is highly utilized.
Hope this helps some,
Rob
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| 803.2 | Try this URL for your answers. | KERNEL::CLARK | STRUGGLING AGAINST GRAVITY... | Mon Mar 10 1997 09:07 | 13 |
| Check out:-
http://www.mdi.com/
select "SUPPORT" (In the toolbar)
Then... "Technical Papers: White Papers, FAQs,TIBs/TABs, Datasheets"
Then..."White Papers"
Then...Pick a topic!
Dave Clark
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| 803.3 | what? | CSC32::S_WASKEWICZ | | Mon Mar 10 1997 11:42 | 5 |
|
midi.com?
Looks like an Altavista-type search engine for music
interests..
Are u sure?
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| 803.4 | | LEFTY::CWILLIAMS | CD or not CD, that's the question | Mon Mar 10 1997 13:53 | 6 |
| Read the address again... www.mdi.com, not midi.com
MDI is a SCSI JB/Optical vendor based in Florida.
Chris
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| 803.5 | sorry... | CSC32::S_WASKEWICZ | | Mon Mar 10 1997 15:11 | 3 |
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Thanks!
I must be getting "my-optic"!
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