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From: dorn@fabscal.UUCP (Alan Dorn Hetzel)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: High capacity backup for LANs
Keywords: DAT, LANs, Backup, Novell
Message-ID: <553@fabscal.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 88 04:58:16 GMT
References: <413@cont1.Dayton.NCR.COM> <324@ivucsb.UUCP> <547@fabscal.UUCP> <14029@mimsy.UUCP>
Reply-To: dorn@.UUCP (Alan Dorn Hetzel, Jr.)
Organization: Fabscal Systems
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In article <14029@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
>In article <547@fabscal.UUCP> dorn@fabscal.UUCP (Alan Dorn Hetzel) writes:
>>For the ultimate in high performance backup, check out a little box from
>>Honeywell Instrument Systems which uses VHS tape to backup on... specs:
>>
>>Capacity: 5.6 Gigabytes per tape (approximate)
>>Throughput: 2 or 4 Megabytes per second (1 or 2 channel model)
>>            (This creams your average 9-track)
>>Cost: If you have to ask....
>
>Most VHS backup tape systems apparently do not incorporate motor control.

This drive is full start/stop, writes 64Kbytes of data plus error correction
per equivalent video field, 60 fields per second, random access to any block
on tape in 90 seconds.  It kicks but, but you pay DEARLY.

Dorn
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