rw@ascutney.dartmouth.edu (Randy Witlicki) (12/07/90)
I posted this a while back but it seems to have been dropped. (I recall a while back there was some talk here about the right dump command strings to work with Exabyte tape drives.) We are looking into large capacity tape storage solutions and have the question: - Is an Exabyte or a DAT (Digital Audio Tape) system better (where "better" == price, robustness, availability of device drivers, etc.). The present environment we will be dropping it into will be SUN 3s and DecStations (Ultrix). Any and all replies appreciated in advance! Please name vendors if possible. - Randy Witlicki rw@sunapee.dartmouth.edu Math and CS Department Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
kdq@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt) (12/08/90)
In article <26755@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> rw@ascutney.dartmouth.edu (Randy Witlicki) writes: > - Is an Exabyte or a DAT (Digital Audio Tape) system > better (where "better" == price, robustness, availability > of device drivers, etc.). The present environment we will > be dropping it into will be SUN 3s and DecStations (Ultrix). I look at it this way: Exabyte (if you've ever talked to them) thinks it's IBM, and treats its customers accordingly. All Exabyte-based units are made by a single company with no direct competition. There are a number of DAT manufacturers. They offer a variety of features, and are directly in competition with each other. This gives them an incentive to better their product, and lower its price - an incentive that Exabyte does not have. Competition never made a product worse. -- _ Kevin D. Quitt demott!kdq kdq@demott.com DeMott Electronics Co. 14707 Keswick St. Van Nuys, CA 91405-1266 VOICE (818) 988-4975 FAX (818) 997-1190 MODEM (818) 997-4496 PEP last