On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Ray Shaw wrote:
>On the other hand, if they really are terrible drives, could I get
>some recommendations? I'd like something about that size (15GB
>uncompressed), and I could go with either internal IDE or external
>SCSI (probably better for various reasons). The idea is to get
>something we can actually buy...I'm not worried about winning any
>speed competitions, I'd just like to have money left over to fix the
>printer, and have tapes that will last for a while :)
DDS3 drives are ~$250 dollars on pricewatch.com right now. The DDS3 DAT
tapes are under $10 for 12GB native/24GB compressed. AIT1 and DDS4
drives run about the same, ~$550 for a decent drive. The tapes for DDS4
are under $20 for 20/40GB. AIT1 tapes are ~$50 for 25/50GB and ~$60 for
35/70GB.
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Computer Geek, Center for Structural Biology
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