Re: DDS-3 speeds (was RE: ailing DAT drive)

2000-03-31 Thread Craig Gaevert
Philip Chonacky wrote: > snip> > I think the speed limit in this case are the tape writes, > so a faster interface would not be of benefit > > 10bT clients I found max out around 30MB/min, > 100bT clients at 45-55 MB/min. > snip> FWIW, on my DDS-4 (APS Sony - SCSI Wide) backups (at my desktop

Re: DDS-3 speeds (was RE: ailing DAT drive)

2000-03-31 Thread Don Foy
on 3/31/2000 2:10 PM, Philip Chonacky at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A nubus Mac would not probably not benefit > from a 100bT NIC because of bus limitations. A 100bT card for a nubus machine would also run you more than five times what a card for PCI will cost.

Re: DDS-3 speeds (was RE: ailing DAT drive)

2000-03-31 Thread Philip Chonacky
I get anywhere from 25-100 MB/min depending upon the client source, and this is over a standard Fast/Narrow SCSI (10 MB/s) I think the speed limit in this case are the tape writes, so a faster interface would not be of benefit 10bT clients I found max out around 30MB/min, 100bT clients at 45-

Re: DDS-3 speeds (was RE: ailing DAT drive)

2000-03-31 Thread Don Foy
on 3/31/2000 1:30 PM, O'Donnell, Dan (NBC) at Dan.O'[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What range of data transfer rate do you get with that DDS-3? > Is it fast enough to warrant a SCSI accelerator (F, F/W, U or U2)? Because of differing drive speeds and the difference in content, we get as little as 1

DDS-3 speeds (was RE: ailing DAT drive)

2000-03-31 Thread O'Donnell, Dan (NBC)
What range of data transfer rate do you get with that DDS-3? Is it fast enough to warrant a SCSI accelerator (F, F/W, U or U2)? > on Friday 3/31/2000 Don Foy wrote: > I use a 7600 with a LaCie DDS-3 drive attached and get good results > (remembering to clean the heads every 15 hours or so). Ours

Re: ailing DAT drive

2000-03-31 Thread Don Foy
on 3/31/2000 2:32 AM, Jeremy Olsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > However, should I be looking at backing > up our new iMacs with something USB-based? What is there in fact? I've > not looked at this for three years so am not up-to-date on smaller > scale options (I'm familiar with DLT and its cos