Exabyte: Please SEND a summary. Tapes.
John A. Johnston
johnj at welch.jhu.edu
Fri Apr 5 08:18:06 AEST 1991
Over the past few months there have been several requests and mini-
discussion on who uses what TAPE brand for an Exabyte drive for backing
up their systems etc. etc.
Issues of concern have been:
what will work?
what is best?
what will work best for less? ** a most important factor anywhere
what will work for cheap?
brands: sony, exabyte etc.
tape life: physical wear & tear.
data life: how long will the data last on tapes.
We will want better tapes for:
daily backup: 30 workstations worth of data to two server
exabytes at night [tape life], and monthly backup [data life].
Lesser tapes for:
distribution: we send of large files (~300Mbytes) to various
places on a weekly basis [what works fo cheap] and don't really
expect to see the tapes again for a while.
We are presently experimenting with several brands, but if any
references or summaries of previous research (University, individual,
Lab, or Magazine) would be appreciated. Sorry if this is a beaten to
death subject.
Thanks,
-johnj
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