On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Paul Lussier wrote:
>>> ... doesn't entail a capital cost of thousands like DLT or AIT would.
>>
>> DLT and AIT drives are rather overpriced, unfortunately. :-(
>
> For large environments where you have a limited window for backups and a
> significant amount of data to backup, though, that capital cost is far
> outweighed by the speed and capacity of those drives.
Yes. But they are still overpriced. To adapt a Q&A I once saw for CD-ROM
readers:
Q: "Why do DLT drives cost so much?"
A: "Because people are willing to pay that much for them."
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