jxt@ornl.gov (01/15/91)
I am seeking recommendations for a low-price, high-capacity tape backup system for RS/6000's. I have seen advertised 4mm DAT drives (1.4GB) for PC's and Macintoshes at around $1800. 8mm systems (2.2GB) for, say $2300. Alas, to get a DAT drive and driver for AIX, the price seems to be about $4000-5000 (!). What gives? Being new to unix, I don't understand the driver issue. Would some generic unix tape driver work or does it need to be AIX and DAT (or 8mm) specific? Any lines on a decent price for a DAT for RS/6000? Thanks, Johnny Tolliver (jxt@ornl.gov)