I've added the two OnStream drives (ADR50 and SC30) in the internal
SCSI configurations (wide connector if available). I've listed the
pricing I can get to keep the comparison prices consistent.
Steve Rothman, the Eliant 820 is an Exabyte drive utilizing an 8mm
helical scan tape. The VXA-1
, August 3, 2000 4:36 AM
To: retro-talk
Subject: RE: VXA drive (was DDS-3 vs DDS-4?)
I've added the two OnStream drives (ADR50 and SC30) in the internal
SCSI configurations (wide connector if available). I've listed the
pricing I can get to keep the comparison prices consistent.
Steve
Hey Gowan...wanna buy a few hundred Syquest 200s? How about 5.25" MO's?
:)
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Steve said:
My previous
Andrew said:
Hey Gowan...wanna buy a few hundred Syquest 200s? How about 5.25" MO's?
:)
Yuck yuck. Yep, we've scrapped plenty of SyQuests too. A perfect example to
prove my point! The most widely accepted industry standard at one time, yet
driven out of business by Iomega's product. Could it
Le 02/08/2000 a 09:22 -0400 , Gowan Fenley ecrivait :
Hey, you can always shoot for the lowest common denominator and invest in
Travan!
And loose your data...
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Mark said:
Gowan, what type of throughputs are you getting and what spec machine do
you use as a server?
Server is a Dell Poweredge 1300 with a single Pentium 3/450 and 256Mb RAM.
Throughput ranges from 171Mb/sec on local volumes down to 2Mb/sec on a fully
throttled (20% cpu time) remote mail
Oh yes - also compare after store is enabled.
-gf
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on 8/2/00 6:22 AM, Gowan Fenley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Of course, if you want to look at single vendor proprietary platforms, you
don't have to look farther than Apple
...or Microsoft, or Intel, or AMD.
Sorry, had to get those "digs" in there somewhere ;-). Apple's not the only
(The only single-tape solution
in my price range is VXA, which sounds very nice, but there is NO WAY
I will go with a new, single-vendor solution...)
You really have to look at risk vs. cost in this case. You can get into a
VXA drive with a few tapes for $600-$700 and have an immediate
At 15:37 +0200 8/2/00, Xavier HUMBERT - Labo Informatique wrote:
Le 02/08/2000 a 09:22 -0400 , Gowan Fenley ecrivait :
Hey, you can always shoot for the lowest common denominator and invest in
Travan!
And loose your data...
We use a Travan system where I work and we are planning
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Of Steve Rothman
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:18 AM
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Subject: Re: VXA drive (was DDS-3 vs DDS-4?)
(The only single-tape solution
in my price range is VXA, which sounds very nice, but there i
Steve said:
...In my particular case, I need to specify everything I need for a two year
time span (which in
my case means two drives plus all tapes and cleaning tapes, etc.) on a
single purchase order.
... I cannot tolerate the risk that my VXA drives may go bad a year from now
and that no one
Steve: You're killing me here. A two-year tape purchase in advance, but we
won't get the sale?
Now that you're mentioning tape...
Your promotional drive prices are very nice. The "External Retrospect
Bundle" for $750 is slightly better than the LaCie DDS-3 + Retro
avail from MacWarehouse for
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Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 12:11 PM
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Subject: RE: VXA drive (was DDS-3 vs DDS-4?)
Steve: You're killing me here. A two-year tape purchase in advance, but we
won't get the sale?
Now that you're mentioning
I added cost/GB numbers to the end of this nice chart, hope my math is ok.
It looks like the media cost of VXA is about in the middle -- not
great, not a bargain.
DDS-3, which happens to be the format I am comparing to VXA, is tied
to be the second cheapest - the only format cheaper is the
May I add one other drive to this list? What does anyone here think of this
drive from OnStream (http://www.onstream.com)? Other than having a few
(three in one machine), I have no connection to OnStream. They seem to work
well, I just hadn't seen much mention here in the time I've been
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