Re: Cost of tape drives

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

At 03:19 PM 1/14/98 +0000, you wrote:
>At 02:48 AM 1/14/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>Is it just me, or is there something wrong when the tape drive you buy is a
>>substantial part of the cost of the new e series?
>>
>If you attach a 3590 to a model 150, they clearly will be out of pproportion.
>
>The true answer is that, it depends on the speed of the media you want, vs.
>the speed and size of your system.  It can be out of proportion.  IBM won't
>sell tape drives, unless they meet certain quality standards, and many of
>the PC class tape drives won't.
>
>For low end systems, two comments:
>
>-      1/4 inch is relatively slow and highly reliable
>-      8mm is also slow, but not highly reliable
>
>The term reliable has to do with restore.  All these things save real good,
>it's just restore can be a problem.  (Maybe this isn't a big problem,
>because we typically save many more times than we restore!).
>
>Al
>
>
>
>Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L
>Barsa Consulting, LLC. 
You  bet  your  Data
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