Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!ukc!stl!dww From: dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.periphs Subject: Has anyone tried the Gbyte storage tape devices? Message-ID: <543@acer.stl.stc.co.uk> Date: Sat, 16-May-87 08:37:55 EDT Article-I.D.: acer.543 Posted: Sat May 16 08:37:55 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 17-May-87 20:00:47 EDT Reply-To: dww@stl.UUCP (David Wright) Distribution: world Organization: STL,Harlow,UK. Lines: 14 Xref: mnetor comp.os.vms:508 comp.periphs:387 I hear rumours of new tape drives offering >2000 MBytes of storage, using video tapes or cartridges. Does anyone have hard information about such things, and in particular does anyone have practical experience in using them? We are currently putting together the budget/justification for an enhancement to our computer system (uVAX's with VMS), and it would be nice if we could solve the backup problem caused by lots of 600MByte disks. But only if the new drives are reliable! All help gratefully received. -- Regards, David Wright STL, London Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA, U.K. dww@stl.stc.co.uk ...seismo!mcvax!ukc!stl!dww PSI%234237100122::DWW