On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 16:10, Adam Maloney wrote: > Also, transferring 70Gb to your off-site location might take awhile. > Over a T-1 it will take more than 100 hours (70,000MByte = 560,000 MBit / > 1.5 MBit = 373,333 sec = 103h). > > DLT4 can do 35Gb raw/70Gb compressed on 1 tape. Tapes are about $60-$70 > each (last I bought them anyways). I think you can get DLT4 drives for > under $1,000 now. Actually, I think DLT IV tapes can do 40GB, but it depends on the drive. A DLT 7000 drive can do 35/70GB, and a DLT 8000 can do 40/80GB. I think there are lower-end drives that only handle lower densities. People with money are spending it on LTO Ultrium and Super DLT drives (among others, I imagine). They run up toward 150-200 GB native capacity, but I'm sure prices are through the roof. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ I'm afraid of Americans / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20030724/7d2bb723/attachment.pgp