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From: jpd@pc.usl.edu (Dugal James P.)
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Subject: Re: Seeking Advice On CMS Tape Backup
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Date: 26 Sep 90 16:19:02 GMT
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In article <40099@cci632.UUCP> esm@cci632.UUCP (Eric Masur) writes:
>I am seriously considering purchasing a Colorado Memory Systems 60/40MB
> (intrnl) Tape Drive to backup the hard drives on my 386SX.
...
>1)  Are people happy with the units performance and reliability? 
Yes.
>2)  Can backups span multiple tapes?
Yes.
>3)  How flexible is the backup software that is included?
No complaints.  Does all the usually desired backup and restore types.
>4)  Comments on using the floppy controller vs a dedicated controller?
With a controller that handles quad-density diskettes (1.44 MB) you
should get about 2MB/minute xfer rates.  My 386 is fast enough to do
compression without a throughput degradation.  But since I have lots of
ZIP and lzexe-ed binaries, I get around a 1.2 compression ratio.  I
recommend you get the XL cartridges that yield 60MB even without compression.

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