Viking/Exabyte Tape Drives on uVaxII's??

[Hurf Sheldon]

Reply-to: hurf at tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Hurf Sheldon)


	We presently have Ultrix2.0 & 2.3 uVaxen with rqdx3/rd53's and
	sigma/maxtor disk systems being backed up remotely & directly 
	to a TK50. We are looking at alternatives to speed up both the 
	dump and restore process.

	Has anyone experience with the TD Systems Viking QTO/Exabyte
	8mm videotape subsystem? This 'tmscp compatible'
	drive system has come to my attention and the VMS based performance
	comparisons show it to be 6 time faster than a TK50 for VMS
	backups. Under Ultrix I assume there would be a corresponding
	gain but what about restores? New pricing from Trimarchi makes it
	attractive vs the TK70 and tapes hold 2GB at $10 each as opposed
	to .3GB at $45.00 each.

	Thanks in advance,
	hurf
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