Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!LBL.ARPA!nagy%warner.hepnet From: nagy%warner.hepnet@LBL.ARPA Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Any users of Digi-Data's Gigastore system? Message-ID: <870723120601.015@Lbl.Arpa> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 15:06:00 EDT Article-I.D.: Lbl.870723120601.015 Posted: Thu Jul 23 15:06:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 09:26:07 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 15 Hello, Does anyone out there have experience with Digi-Data's Gigastore tape system. This system emulates a tape drive; the actual media is a T-120 VHS tape cassette. The system is not overly speedy (according to its specs) but a single cassette will hold 2.5 Gbytes with a very low error rate. We are planning to acquire a system for backup of our LAVC's file system (soon to be 4 RA81's). The beauty is that the entire file system save should fit on a single cassette, allowing us to do unattended full volume saves - which means that the performance is not such much an issue any more (lots of CPU time at night!). Does anyone out there have experience with one of these systems? If so, please drop me a message on your experiences - good or bad. Thanks, FJN