Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 10:59:57 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: lehey.pad@sni.de (Greg Lehey) Cc: lehey.pad@sni.de, peter@taronga.com, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape drive FAQ Message-ID: <199604121759.KAA21956@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199604100711.JAA09723@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Apr 10, 96 09:29:10 am
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > Greg Lehey wrote: > > > >> 1. Current 'real' QIC units start at 525 MB, and 1 GB hardly costs any > >> more than 525 MB. Over here, I can buy a 525 MB Tandberg 3820 for > >> about $500 + tax, and a QIC-1000, also from Tandberg, will cost > >> about $600. > > > > Archive Anaconda QIC-1350 $200 > > Is QIC-1350 compatible with QICs 150/250/525/1000? There are smaller, > cheaper, less reliable QICs, and I had assumed that the Anaconda was > one of them. Or is it just this cheap because of the fact that it's > out of production? reads QIC-150/250 for sure, i have tested that. dont have any QIC-525 or QIC-100 to test ;( i hope the reasons are that its being sold by a liquidator becuse the drive is out of production. heard rumor that archive was bought by connor in order to stop the production of large capcilty QIC--threatened DAT too much. <RUMOR RUMOR RUMOR> > > >> 6. Other advantages of DDS: it's quieter, faster, the likelihood of > >> being able to back up your complete system/network is higher, the > >> cartridges take up more space. > > > > quieter and slower, the Archive Anaconda gives me 370 kBps > > This doesn't sound like the QIC I'm talking about. QIC-150, I know, > has 80 kB/s, and I think QIC-525 is round the 100 kB/s mark. Even > assuming the density increase is because of bpi, you'd still only be > round 250 kB/s. higher tape speed, higher density and it seems to write two tracks at one time. (heard from stefan esser) Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/home | help
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