Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!aad+ From: aad+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Anthony A. Datri) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Question On Tape And WORM Storage Subsystems... Message-ID:Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 10:12:41 EDT Article-I.D.: andrew.oUwZBNy00WAKliY1q7 Posted: Wed Jul 8 10:12:41 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 18:45:41 EDT References: <8707080213.AA26971@linc.cis.upenn.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 5 I have to wonder about a drive that packs 600meg onto one cartridge. We're talking a 600' tape cartridge as used in Sun's, HP's, and the mysterious TK25, right? How reliable over time is a drive that packs one meg onto *one foot* of tape going to be? Okay, I just realized that the drive lays down multiple tracks, but I'm still w