Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cme!durer!rowe From: rowe@cme.nist.gov (Walter Rowe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Dumping to an exabyte tape drive Message-ID: Date: 6 Sep 90 18:52:10 GMT References: <1990Aug29.143657.20588@siesoft.co.uk> <1990Sep4.170228.16597@cbnewsk.att.com> Sender: news@cme.nist.gov Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology Lines: 24 In-reply-to: rsb1@cbnewsk.att.com's message of 4 Sep 90 17:02:28 GMT >>>>> On 4 Sep 90 17:02:28 GMT, rsb1@cbnewsk.att.com (richard.s.brown) said: |> We use 120 min tapes. We bought our drives from Perfect Byte, |> Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska. The documentation we received was |> remarkably good (and concise!) Here are the suggested values for |> 'dump': |> Blocking factor: 126 |> Density: 54000 (bpi!!!) |> Length: 6000 (ft.) |> I hope this helps! |> Rich Brown |> AT&T Network Systems |> rsb@vogon.att.com Exactly the same here, including the vendor! wpr --- Walter P. Rowe ARPA: rowe@cme.nist.gov System Administrator, Robot Systems Division UUCP: uunet!cme-durer!rowe National Institute of Standards and Technology LIVE: (301) 975-3694