From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 3 12:39:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA20571 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 12:39:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from MediaCity.com (root@easy1.mediacity.com [205.216.172.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA20565 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 12:39:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (from brian@localhost) by MediaCity.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id MAA29960; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 12:46:17 -0800 From: Brian Litzinger Message-Id: <199604032046.MAA29960@MediaCity.com> Subject: Re: looking for large-capacity tape recommendations, discommendations, comments To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 12:46:17 -0800 (PST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199604030303.MAA17834@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Apr 3, 96 12:33:13 pm" Reply-To: brian@MediaCity.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Disk Drive Depot in Sunnyvale, CA, USA is selling the Conner (I think) 4 TAPE auto-loader DAT units for $595. It officially uses the 2.0GB DAT tapes, so that makes for 8GB online uncompressed. There is also, apparently, a 12 or 15 slot cartridge for the unit, which makes for 24 to 30 GB online. The unit might support compression too, though I'm not sure. brian@mediacity.com