Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 20:00:44 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Backup... Message-ID: <199902010200.UAA02417@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> of "Sun, 31 Jan 1999 09:33:22 PST." <Pine.LNX.4.04.9901310932510.8629-100000@feral-gw>
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Matthew Jacob writes: > > DLTIV tape -> ~40GB with compression. > > MO is maybe 2GB now? Oh, I don't know. We have some WORM optical platters at work, 12", 12G. Have never got a straight answer as The Powers That Be have concluded I don't Need To Know. But the estimates are between $550 and $750 per platter. Have about 400 of them. Am told, "They'll last forever!" to which I reply, "Or until support for the drive fades. CDROM may only be 650MB but CD readers will be with us forever." -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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