I have seen LTO around a lot, with fancy pants usb. For forward compatibility
it is probably the best bet it would seem.
Though I might get open tape for just because it looks cool, though I might get
one for media, rather than raw data storage.
-H
On 24 July 2017 17:03:29 BST, Al Kossow
On 7/24/17 8:46 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
> The problem with Exabyte drives is they seemed to have a short shelf life.
Most of the rubber parts have failed in the dozens of Exabytes I have.
LTO is the direction the world has been going for a while. They have about three
generations of
On 07/23/2017 10:35 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
There have been many tape formats that have gone in and out of fashion.
In the late 80s and early 90s, 8mm videotape-type Exabyte carts were
very
What kind of data volume are we talking about, and what kind of budget? I
personally use LTO-5 for my backups (1.5 TB raw capacity), and have no
difficulty finding tapes.
On 7/24/17, 2:51 AM, "cctalk on behalf of Henry Bond via cctalk"
If you think there's a way I can do backups onto open reel tape and have it
last 30 years +,
I've been looking for an excuse to get one of those.
-H
On 24 July 2017 06:20:35 BST, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
>On 07/23/2017 09:05 PM, devin davison via cctalk wrote:
>
ral Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>Subject: Re: Scsi tape and compatible tapes that are available
>
>On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
>cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>
>> There have been many tape formats that have gone in and
On 07/23/2017 09:05 PM, devin davison via cctalk wrote:
> 30 seconds ago. I guess I should clean the Exabyte carts off my dining room
> table.
Heck, I've still got lots of DDS1 and 2 carts, DC1000 mini carts, and a
whole box of 8mm Exabytes. Various QIC carts, Travan, etc.
Did someone say
my sgi onyx just came with a 8 mm drive. i picked up some tapes cheap, they
are pretty limited in capacity. i have had read and write issues even after
using a cleaning tape and a new box of tapes. my ibm as 400 used them too
similar issues. kept complaining the drive was dirty even after running
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From: devin davison via cctalk
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 10:33 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts ; Henry Bond
Subject: Re: Scsi tape and compatible tapes that are available
I have quite a bit of sgi gear and have been moving quite a bit of data
from a linux
The major 8mm tape drives I know about are SONY AIT
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From: Glen Slick via cctalk
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 11:35 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Scsi tape and compatible tapes that are available
On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 8:23
On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> There have been many tape formats that have gone in and out of fashion.
> In the late 80s and early 90s, 8mm videotape-type Exabyte carts were
> very popular--when have you last seen one?
>
30 seconds ago.
On 07/23/2017 05:51 PM, Henry Bond via cctalk wrote:
> I have need to make backups, and if you are going to do something, do it the
> proper way. Feel like I'm preaching to the choir here mind.
>
> My issue is finding tape to fit any drive I might buy or choosing an
> appropriate tape library
I have quite a bit of sgi gear and have been moving quite a bit of data
from a linux machine to my sgi gear via tape recently. dat dds4 and dat 72
drives work good and the tapes are easy to come by. i have many dell
branded dat drives that work without any special configuration. for larger
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