On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, John Abreau wrote:
> ... the consensus at the time was that the VXA was too new to have a track
> record.
And will remain too new for some time. The kind of track record we're
talking about takes years to accrue. System admins tend to be a paranoid
bunch.
That being said, I have yet to hear anything seriously negative about VXA,
other than the single-source problem.
> Now that some time has passed, how many folks here have tried the VXAs?
I haven't even seen one yet, myself.
> For reference, I'd be using the drive in a single server, brand-new, that
> I'm building and will be deploying at a colocation site... We'll most
> likely be reusing the same tape repeatedly for a time, and swapping it out
> as an archive tape peroidically, either weekly or monthly. So the ability
> to rewrite each tape many times is important.
I'd recommend DDS-4 (20 GB 4mm DAT). Drives can be had for as low as $700
new. Cost per GB for tapes approaches one dollar. Reliability record is
excellent. Performance is very good. Tapes are very cheap and very compact
(which can be an advantage in a co-lo situation). It is an open standard, has
the support of many vendors, and is a tried-and-true technology.
--
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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