Re: Finally - a cure for DLT

There *is* a small price difference between the VXA-1 and the M2. ;-) The VXA is priced against DAT and performs favorably. It also does well in the price/performance game against DLT 4000 and AIT Plus drives. It doesn't really compete with the M2, nor is it intended to. Eric Ullman Dantz Develo

Re: Finally - a cure for DLT

it's at least half again as fast as DLT on my system. I think the network is the bottleneck now. Larry Acosta Wong wrote: > > How's performance? The reliability of the tapes is impressive but I'm > concerned about the drive's backup performance. Take a look at PC > Mag's article on tape drives:

RE: Finally - a cure for DLT

can easily justify M2 because of the saved money in media over the lifetime of the drive. Steve www.cybernetics.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Larry Acosta Wong Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 10:55 AM To: retro-talk Subject: Re: Finall

Re: Finally - a cure for DLT

How's performance? The reliability of the tapes is impressive but I'm concerned about the drive's backup performance. Take a look at PC Mag's article on tape drives: . The VXA-1 was pretty much the slowest drive. The fastest dr