On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Potts, Ross A. wrote:
>I think I have been looking in all the wrong places. What size is a 112
>Meter 8mm tape with and without compression? I just inherited a butt-load
>of them and decided to use them for daily incrementals (nothing above 500 MB
>a day)
Which 8mm format?
Some manufacturers advertise them as 10GB, but they are really
5GB native capacity. The 160m 8mm tapes are 7GB native.
Compression can make your data anywhere from somewhat larger
to considerably smaller, depending on what it is. Repetitive
text files like web logs can compress amazingly well
ve 500 MB
> a day)
>
> Subject: Re: Trivial question - No Flames please
Small one. Google is a wonderful thing. I searched on "112m 8mm tape"
Got an answer; top hits. Faster than you possibly could here.
In reality I got two answers, 2.5/5.0 GB and 5.0/10.0 GB.
Whic
I think I have been looking in all the wrong places. What size is a 112
Meter 8mm tape with and without compression? I just inherited a butt-load
of them and decided to use them for daily incrementals (nothing above 500 MB
a day)
Thanks!
Ross
