On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 02:59:35PM -0500, Brandon W. Beasley wrote:
| Have I asked this before -- hope not.
|
| Please give your recs for a tape drive w/ 10gig capacity.
| Running on linux box of course.
First of all, SCSI is the only way to go if you're serious.
This knocks out most of the tape drives you're going to find at
CompUSA, unfortunately.
But it leaves basically four classes of tape drives -
qic 150 (not all of them are SCSI, however)
4mm/DAT
8mm
DLT
qic 150's are antiquated, and the tapes cost a fortune now, and they
only hold up to 250mb per tape (with special tapes). Not what you
want.
4mm/DAT drives hold 1.3, 2.0 or 4.0gb of data, depending on which
drive and tape you get.
8mm drives hold 2.3 or 5gb of data, depending on which drive you get.
There are also newer ones that you may find that hold 7.0gb of data.
DLT's hold 15gb, 20gb or 40gb I think, depending on drive and tape.
The most cost effective of this group is probably the 8mm tape drives
(but be sure you don't get the older 2.3gb models.) 4mm DAT drives
are good too, but they do hold less and the tapes can cost more.
DLTs are the modern choice, but you'll pay for them. They're also
*fast*.
Here's a quick table for you -
capacity speed cost/tape
qic150 150mb 100k/s? $20
qic150 250mb 100k/s? $30
4mm 1.3gb 250k/s $4
4mm 2.0gb 500k/s $5
4mm 4.0gb 500k/s $12
8mm 2.3gb 250k/s $5
8mm 5.0gb 500k/s $5
8mm 7.0gb 500k/s? $15
DLT 15gb+ 2000k/s+? $50+?
There are other options that I've not included. I've probably made
some mistakes - this is all from memory.
That all being said, I love my 4mm and 8mm drives :)
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Doug McLaren, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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