Can someone whip up a Filemaker app that will calculate the $/GB of any
given backup solution based on the cost of the mechanism and the number of
media required? Different backup systems make sense for different size
installations, obviously.
top of the world,
Luke Jaeger, Technology Coordinator
Disney Magazine Publishing
Northampton, Massachusetts
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> From: Larry Acosta Wong
> Reply To: retro-talk
> Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2000 4:36 AM
> To: retro-talk
> Subject: RE: VXA drive (was DDS-3 vs DDS-4?)
>
> I've added the two OnStream drives (ADR50 and SC30) in the internal
> SCSI configurations (wide connector if available). I've listed the
> pricing I can get to keep the comparison prices consistent.
>
> Steve Rothman, the Eliant 820 is an Exabyte drive utilizing an 8mm
> helical scan tape. The VXA-1 media $/GB price is also actually a bit
> higher than you calculated
>
> Media
> $/GB
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Exabyte M2: 60GB, 12MB/s, $3777 ($80 media) 1.33
> Sony AIT-2: 50GB, 6MB/s, $3289 ($94 media) 1.88
> DLT 8000 : 40GB, 6MB/s, $3915 ($64 media) 1.60
> Sony AIT-1: 35GB, 3MB/s, $1913 ($88 media) 2.51
> VXA-1 : 33GB, 3MB/s, $939 ($67 media) 2.03
> ADR50 : 25GB, 2MB/s, $697 ($46 media) 1.84
> DDS-4 : 20GB, 3MB/s, $1072 ($33 media) 1.65
> Mammoth : 20GB, 3MB/s, $2126 ($56 media) 2.80
> DLT 4000 : 20GB, 1.5MB/s, $1352 ($64 media) 3.20
> SC30 : 15GB, 2MB/S, $438 ($41 media) 2.73
> Mammoth-LT: 14GB, 2MB/s, $1193 ($35 media) 2.50
> DDS-3 : 12GB, 1MB/s, $777 ($16 media) 1.33
> Eliant 820: 7GB, 1MB/s, $1160 ( $8 media) 1.14
> DDS-2 : 4GB, .51MB/s, $606 ( $7 media) 1.75
>
> -Native capacity listed, compressed capacity is typically 50% more
> -Sustained transfer rate listed
> -Cost is based on internal model with wide SCSI connector (if available)
> -VXA-1 tape drive is even cheaper through Ecrix July promo ($539)
> -Media listed is highest capacity format in single packs
>
>
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