On Fri, 3 Jun 2016, Chuck Guzis wrote: > Well, one thing that I note is that only an idiot transports valuable > data on "loose" 2400' 10.5" reels.
Great point. I took that into consideration with my last swag. > This is better than the hard-plastic cases, which could get to be quite > thick or the 3M hard plastic wraparound protectors, which can approach 1 > 1/8" in height. Note that this is nothing more than yours truly > grabbing the first couple of tapes off a pile and measuring. Well, we'll need 1823 of them. 3M will probably restart production in my fantasy scenario. > As Will mentioned, 3600' tapes were nothing but trouble. They are out, I'm going to be in bad enough shape after the drive, I can't deal with client whining once I get to Rhode Island. Back to 2400. > I do know that I can fit 6 10.5" reels of tape and their cases in my old > Samsonite briefcase, having done it many times. I wonder how a 727 with > one passenger with 6 2400' tapes flying between San Jose and Dulles > compares in bandwidth... Hehe, if the thread keeps going I'll have no choice but to start calculating bandwidth with throughput and latency. Sounds like more fun. :-) -Swift
