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I read this earlier and it left me a bit confused. I haven't used tape in
a few years, but I couldn't imagine anyone spending time fussing with a
tape for 50MB or less.
I just browsed the provided link and noted that the tapes store upto 50 GB
(gigabytes) instead of MB.
Based on Allan's history of contributions, I'm sure this was just a
typo. I just thought I'd mention it for those unfamiliar with tape drives.
At 02:38 PM 10/29/2000 -0500, Allan Kaminsky wrote:
>I use and like the Onstream drives. They're reliable and very fast.
>Excellent support from the company.
>
>They come in various sizes up to 50 MB (compressed) per cartridge.
>
>I'd recommend the SC50 since it has hardware compression and is
>significantly faster than the uncompressed versions. Using software
>compression is very slow, and I wouldn't recommend that. I have an
>uncompressed 50 MB model (the SC50 wasn't available when I bought it) and
>it's quite fast (on the order of 80 - 100 MB per minute). The SC50 is even
>faster.
>
>It comes with free software which is pretty good or you can use Windows
>backup. There are also third party backup applications, with which I have
>no experience.
>
>Check out their web site:
>
>http://www.onstream.com/
>
>It pays to shop around as the street price will be lower than MSRP. Almost
>everyone has these (they're very popular), so they're easy to find.
>
>Allan
>
>At 02:20 PM 10/29/2000, ztrader wrote:
>>I have a pair of 8 Gig HP Colorado tape drives that I've used for some
>>time. One has quit entirely, and the other is getting quite
>>unreliable. HP suggests 'discarding them' - can't be fixed.
>>
>>I have about 12 Gigs on the computer with the tape drive, and about 20
>>Gigs on the local net. I'd appreciate any suggestions for a 20-30 Gig
>>tape drive and good backup software.
>>
>>Don't want to clutter the list - please reply direct (unless you have
>>a super solution all would like to hear :-).
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>ztrader
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Scottsdale, AZ / Grand Rapids, MI
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