[geeks] shrinking a storedge l60 to a l20 (hp 6/60 to 2/20)

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 03:17:44AM -0700, Jeremy wrote:
> Greetings-
> 
> I'm curious to hear if anyone has shrunk a Sun StorEDGE L60 library to a
> L20?  That would be the same as shrinking a HP 6/60 to a 2/20.  I only
> have 14 tapes in the library, and I'd much rather reclaim the space in
> the rack.  Its a library for one of my server at work, and I'm lucky I
> have that many tapes for it!  Unfortunately, no parts will be rescuable.
> In any case, I've been reading the docs for upgrading it, and it looks
> like it should be simply the reverse of it -- mostly just removing the
> vertical rails and motor from the transport cage.  Anyone ever tried
> this?

Wouldn't be easier to make a deal with someone to trade a 20 for a 60?
It seems silly IMHO to do such surgery. I expect that you may be able
tut a deal where the 20 is delivered and the 60 picked up in a way that
you have no downtime.

Geoff.

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