The prices are not much different...unless you're talking a multi-tape setup.
bryan
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Bryan S. Sampsel
Systems Administrator
Ambeo, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Strickland
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 9:01 AM
To: amanda
Subject: Re: dds3 or dds4?
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 03:58:28PM +0200, Christoph Sold wrote:
>
>
> Tom Strickland schrieb:
> >
> > We're on the verge of ordering a DDS drive (this week). It'll probably
> > be an HP Surestore - but the question is DDS3 or DDS4? There's the
> > obvious difference in capacity, but beyond that are there any other
> > differences? Speed is an obvious one - any others?
>
> After some near disasters with DDS tapes, I suggest also considering
> DLT1 tapes. Those never failed, even after long storage periods. They
> come even pretty cheap.
If only! If I was admin for a commercial enterprise, I'd go with DLT
or similar - but as a charity branch we just can't afford it.
Thanks,
Tom
