Dennis Gilmore dennis@ausil.us wrote:
I use LTO1 they are in plentiful supply and the tapes are much cheaper than DLT. i get tapes for about USD$28 each, they hold 100GB natively the tapes are readily available form many companies.
Damn, I didn't realize LTO-1 was now that affordable. I also just looked and the drives have now dropped to under $1K. _Ignore_ my previous recommendation to go AIT-2 or VXA-2 for 100GB or so, LTO-1 is _definitely_ the solution there.
Thanx for pointing out how far the tape cartridges have fallen in price. It's been a good year, maybe 18 months, since I priced LTO-1 cartridges.
IBM, HP, Sony, fuji, Imation, TDK to name a few. LTO is an open standard.
3 drive vendors, virtually _every_ media vendor.
and is supported by every tape vendor out there. this is
the
reason that prices are much better. its a more even
playing
field. you are not dependent on 1 or 2 vendors for all supplies.
Exactomundo.
Unless you have legacy AIT or DLT, LTO is the way to go.