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From: erd@duke.cs.duke.edu (Ed Darken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: need info on WORM disks
Message-ID: <11776@duke.cs.duke.edu>
Date: 25 May 88 21:37:19 GMT
Organization: Duke University CS Dept.; Durham, NC
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Posted: Wed May 25 17:37:19 1988

We're developing a high speed data acquisition system in our lab based
around networked IBM PC-AT's (hey, they're cheap). I'm looking into ways
to archive our data, and WORM disks strike me as the best choice (right
now). Can any of you kind people out there tell me anything about WORM
disks? Like, amount of storage, price, transfer rates on write and read,
reliable models, etc.? Also, if you think there are better alternatives,
by all means let me know. The amount of data we'll need to store during 
a study will be on the order of tens of megabytes.