Re: tape, was Re: Re: HP Archives lost to fire.
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Hey Dave,
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How long does it take to push 1TB to these LTO devices? I was just starting to look at them last weekend but I couldn¡¯t find anything definitive ¨C It seemed that people were saying !500GB an hour.
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Any insights?
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Thanks,
TonyG
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From: hp_agilent_equipment@... on behalf of Dave McGuire Mcguire@... [hp_agilent_equipment]
Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 2:38:20 PM
To: hp_agilent_equipment@...
Subject: Re: tape, was Re: [hp_agilent_equipment] Re: HP Archives lost to fire.
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On 11/01/2017 04:56 PM, Dave Daniel kc0wjn@...
[hp_agilent_equipment] wrote:
> You can also look at DLT tape drives. I haven't worked on
> non-IBM-mainframe tape for many years, so I haven't kept track of either
> DLT or LTO. I believe LTO is in it's 8th generation now. I believe,
> though, that LTO has surpassed DLT in terms of capacity and performance,
> probably also in terms of reliability.
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> Maybe someone out there has more current knowledge.
LTO-8 was just announced; I don't know if it's shipping yet. Those
are hugely capacious tapes.
DLT topped out at 40/80GB, then gave way to SDLT. SDLT topped out at
300/600GB. There were a few variants like the DLT-S4 (800GB) and the VS
series (80/160GB), but I never saw many of those around.
For cost-sensitive home archival use, SDLT-II media in an SDLT-600
drive (300GB native/~600GB compressed) is probably the sweet spot. LTO
media is still pretty expensive in any volume.
Many organizations have a "use once" policy for tapes, and modern
tapes are quite robust. Lots of people take them home from work and
liquidate them in batches on eBay. They've typically been used once,
and are barely broken in. They are usually pretty trustworthy.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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