Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!apple!sun-barr!ccut!wnoc-tyo-news!astemgw!kuis!rasc3!yamamoto From: yamamoto@rasc3.kurasc.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Mamoru Yamamoto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: DAT drive on HP9000/800 ?? Message-ID: <1085@rasc3.kurasc.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Date: 29 Jan 91 20:55:13 GMT References: <1991Jan24.175544.23068@objy.com> <38070001@hpopd.pwd.hp.com> Sender: yamamoto@kurasc.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Mamoru Yamamoto) Reply-To: yamamoto@rasc3.kurasc.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Mamoru Yamamoto) Organization: Kyoto University Radio Atmospheric Science Center Lines: 20 In article Kimmo.Suominen@lut.fi (Kimmo Suominen) writes: >> -- best type of tapes to use (brand/length) >...... >I've been using Sony and JVC(?) tapes for my private purposes. No >problems so far. Company backups are written on HP tapes, even though >they do cost more... We were delivered a HP9000/400s (HP-UX) with DAT last week. Our sales rep did not ask us to use HP tapes. I have two questions. 1. What is the best block length of DAT. 2. How long do I need to wait until our 400s is updated to be 433s? Thank you. -------------------------------------------------- Mamoru Yamamoto (yamamoto@kurasc.kyoto-u.ac.jp) Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University Uji Kyoto 611, JAPAN