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Externally Attached Automated Libraries

Alternate IPL

Device Specify

The actual degree of compression achieved is highly sensitive to the characteristics of the data being compressed.

This entry illustrates the best possible performance, other components of the system may limit the actual performance achieved.

The best source of information about performance is the AS/400 Performance Capabilities Reference , SC41-0607, at :

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/online/chgfrm.htm

The #2749 attachment requires V4R5.

The #2765 attachment requires V5R1.

The #2765 supports attachment to the 3583 with #8005, and 3584 only.

The #2765 supports attachment to the 3590-E11 and 3590-E1A only.

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To help you understand the meaning of some of the functional characteristics of each tape

drive, refer to these descriptions:

A mode where the library can retrieve and load cartridges at random

based on user demand.

A mode where the library sequentially load cartridges to perform

save/retrieve of data and automatically advance to the next cartridge once

a cartridge is filled/restored sequentially.

All drives see all tapes. Must be attached to one system.

The tape unit is split into two groups. The library can be shared between

systems, but the cartridges can be used only by the tape drive dedicated

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