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From: jim@cs.strath.ac.uk (Jim Reid)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: backup HP-UX systems over e-net
Message-ID: <1381@stracs.cs.strath.ac.uk>
Date: 14 Mar 89 18:17:31 GMT
References: <263@verdix.verdix.com> <1345@stracs.cs.strath.ac.uk>
Reply-To: jim@cs.strath.ac.uk
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In article <1345@stracs.cs.strath.ac.uk> al@cs.strath.ac.uk writes:
>................................................ Come on HP, let's
>see the 9000/300 series integrate that little bit better with existing
>systems but allowing remote access to backup equipment - you've given
>us dump, so why not rdump?

Cynical people like myself might think that one possible reason is a
sales ploy by HP to force people to buy HP's expensive 6250bpi tape
drive. [Yes, I know it does data compression on the fly, but that
doesn't justify a price that's 3-5 times a Fujitsu 2444 tape drive.]
HP wouldn't sell us a controller card for the tape drive on its own
either. (The controller had to come with a tape drive too.) This meant 
we couldn't plug a 9000/300 say into an existing 6250bpi drive through
a tape switch. Sheesh.

		Jim
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