> Guy Smith Wrote:
>
> We recently suffered a serious outage caused in part by slow tape drives
> (currently employing DAT 1504s and 7980XCs).
>
> I'm interested in comparing tape speeds for HP and third party devices
> (plugs welcome if backed with glossy propaganda, specs and price lists
> sent to the address below).  Reliability is a must, so anyone with
> horror stories please chime in.
>
> Aside from the HP devices, and the StorTek cartidge drives, I'm not
> aware of faster alternatives.  Any leads are appreciated.
 
  I've been playing with DLT drives.  These were originally DEC OEM
  drives although I now understand they have been sold to Quantum.
 
  The specs are for 20gig per cartridge at 2:1 compression with a max
  speed of 9gig per hour.  Most of the applications I have tried have
  been more along the lines of 6-7 gig an hour.
 
  I hooked one of these to a 967, configured it as a DAT drive, and
  was able to do turbostore and restore without any difficulties.
  Reliability has been excellent.
 
  I got mine from Oakland Resources (810) 799-3022 ask for Gordon or
  Mike.  I'm have no relation to these guys other than as a satisfied
  customer.
 
  Also, I've heard the next generation is out that holds twice as much
  data and is slightly faster.  Only downside seems to be the cartridges
  are in the ~~$40 range.
 
  Jim Knight
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