Date: Wed, 10 Apr 96 9:29:10 MET DST From: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de> To: jmb@freefall.freebsd.org (Jonathan M. Bresler) Cc: lehey.pad@sni.de, peter@taronga.com, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape drive FAQ Message-ID: <199604100711.JAA09723@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> In-Reply-To: <199604091737.KAA27611@freefall.freebsd.org>; from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Apr 9, 96 10:37 am
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> > 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? >> 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. Greghelp
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