On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 08:52:53AM -0700, Johnny Tam wrote: > Which AIT drive are you using? AIT2? > I don't see any prices from storagebysony.com but from the looks > of it, seems very expensive (it's a sony :) > > The tapes are also proprietary :( > Are the tapes affordable? > > I would prefer a technology that is well-supported by > many media manufacturers. > > I am now looking at DLT drives. Any experience with this?
I'm using AIT-1 with a Sony SDX-400. The tapes hold 35GB uncompressed and cost around US$45 each. I average over 2.5x compression over all my data using "gzip -9". A tape for me easily holds all that I need for many weeks. The tapes are extremely fast, they can seek to any particular file in 30 seconds or so. I don't know if any other companies make tapes, but I'm not concerned since they are just a little over $1/GB. Altogether, it seemed to be the cheapest solution for my backups. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
