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From: ghg@en.ecn.purdue.edu (George Goble)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Archive media choice DAT or MO?
Message-ID: <1991Jun9.212006.25244@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 9 Jun 91 21:20:06 GMT
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In article <1991Jun6.034023.3359@newshost.anu.edu.au> david@phys.anu.edu.au writes:
>I am looking at evaluating DAT and Magneto-Optical disks for archival purposes,
>mainly due to their
>good access times. Target environments are VAX/VMS and Ultrix, on SCSI based
>systems (3100s).
>At present we use 8mm, but its very slow to get a file off the end of a tape.
>
>DATs can access any point in the tape within 20 secs, and the media is cheap -

The Exabyte 8mm "8500" can move at near DAT speeds.  They also have an
8200-SX which has high speed positioning, but is more cumbersome than
the 8500.  The 8500 holds around 5GB on a P5-90 tape.
--ghg