Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 11:07:21 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: john@starfire.mn.org Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: looking for large-capacity tape recommendations, discommendations, comments Message-ID: <199604020137.LAA08733@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199604011618.KAA27598@starfire.mn.org> from "john@starfire.mn.org" at Apr 1, 96 10:18:29 am
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john@starfire.mn.org stands accused of saying: > > I am looking for recommendations and user experience with large- > capacity (14Gb+) 4mm tape drives. These are fairly costly items, 14G? No such animal. 4mm tape drives go to 4GB. 4G media are more than twice as expensive as 2G media; unless you have a pressing need to put 4G on a single tape the only justification for buying a DDS-2 drive is extra speed. The Sony SDT-7000 would be a good buy in that category; it's claimed to be capable of over 700K/sec to/from the media (uncompressed) - we see around 400K/sec on an SDT-5200 here, and have been very happy with it. > and we want to make sure that we get one that we'll be happy with > the first time. I know that Exabyte 8500's are pretty good, but > of course, that's an 8mm drive. Exabytes can be temperamental, but well-kept they're very reliable. > E-mail: john@starfire.MN.ORG USnail: PO Box 17247, Mpls MN 55417 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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