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From: robert@peregrine.peregrine.com (Robert Young)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: 8mm Megatape Tape Drive (2 Gigabyes of capacity)
Keywords: tape drive
Message-ID: <47879@peregrine.peregrine.com>
Date: 7 Jun 89 06:17:41 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Peregrine Systems Inc., Irvine, CA
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I am currently testing a Megatape Tape Drive tha's supposed to allow
you to save up to 2GB.

The tape I am testing comes from a company called Interscience which gets
these tapes from Megatape Corp. 

My main concern is SUPPORT. I have heard that Sequent is (or has already
been ) testing ythis tape and has approved it for shipment. I have asked 
my sales rep. about it and am waiting for more info. Since I was told that
some customer had already received these tapes and were using them for about
a month, I would like to know of your experience with such tape drive:

	How reliable is it?
	How fast is it?
	Any problems when using any of the backup utilities? (I was told that
	a special version of dump called hdump comes with the drive).


Thanks in advance for the info



Robert Young
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(714)727-3341, Ext 167