* Jonathan Dill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 08:43:16AM -0400)
>> We're on the verge of ordering a DDS drive (this week). It'll probably
>> be an HP Surestore - but the question is DDS3 or DDS4? There's the
> where now some people are getting 75 GB and 180 GB disk drives, and with
> new instruments the data sets are increasing in size rapidly. Even the
> DDS4 isn't big enough anymore, so I'm having to look into getting a
> tapedrive with higher capacity (or using GNUTAR to split up dumps, or
> partitioning the drives into smaller chunks, both of which are kind of
> messy solutions). If things are different in whatever business you are
> in, maybe the DDS3 would be adequate, but it's something to think about.
GNUTAR works surprisingly well in practice.
As for bigger capacity drives,
LTO is the wave of the future.
Even DLT4 doesn't get beyond 35/70 whereas LTO comes in 100/200
(and it's only step 1 out of 4 on the roadmap.
I think LTO4 (or maybe LTO3) is supposed to be able to handle 1T tapes.
Currently listening to: Skinny Puppy - Smothered Hope (Demo) (Back And Forth Series
Two)
Gerhard, <@jasongeo.com> == The Acoustic Motorbiker ==
--
__O Standing above the crowd, he had a voice so strong and loud
=`\<, we'll miss him
(=)/(=) Ranting and pointing his finger, At everything but his heart
we'll miss him
