Larry, thanks for this very useful list and the correction.
Here's my fantasy: this same list, on a tiny little web page, with
links to the manufacturers and retailers involved. Wouldn't that be
cool? If such a page existed, it would be worthy of being listed in
the standard footer for Retro-Talk, imho.
At any rate, thanks again. -Steve
>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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