In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .edu>, "Brandon D. Valentine" writes: > On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> >Some might suggest that if you can't justify the expense of tapes > >then the value/cost of losing the data must be low. > > That's a valid point to consider. Also worth noting is that if you are > concerned about raw $/GB in terms of tape you can't go wrong with > DAT-based formats. Some of us are in tight spots: I'm in a .edu research group, with not enough money. The collaboration we're in has decided on AIT-2 as a standard. So far, the tape drive and the tapes cost about as much as 3 (out of 4) CPUs that the group owns. Plus, they're getting free labor in the form of me. --Dave
