From owner-freebsd-current Fri May 1 10:04:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA12532 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 1 May 1998 10:04:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail1.its.rpi.edu (root@mail1.its.rpi.edu [128.113.100.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA12524 for ; Fri, 1 May 1998 10:04:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.acs.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by mail1.its.rpi.edu (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id NAA58590 for ; Fri, 1 May 1998 13:04:20 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: drosih@pop1.rpi.edu Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199805010334.VAA17313@panzer.plutotech.com> References: <199805010139.VAA06214@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> from Garrett Wollman at "Apr 30, 98 09:39:55 pm" Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 13:07:44 -0400 To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG From: Garance A Drosihn Subject: Re: Time to get a backup device, suggestions ? Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 9:34 PM -0600 4/30/98, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > Another alternative is the Sony AIT. They can store 25MB/50MB, > and the table of contents and filemarks are stored on a 2KB (they like > to say 16Kbit) EEPROM in the tape. [etc] > > http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/products/storage/tapedrives/ait/ In the days of 4-gig drives, 25 to 50 Meg tapes wouldn't be very interesting... Luckily, a quick look at the given URL indicates that the real capacity is 25/50 *gigabytes*. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or drosih@rpi.edu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message