Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!oberon!cit-vax!elroy!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!JASPER.PALLADIAN.COM!dp From: dp@JASPER.PALLADIAN.COM (Jeffrey Del Papa) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Question On Tape And WORM Storage Subsystems... Message-ID: <870709200356.7.DP@BANFF.PALLADIAN.COM> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 20:03:00 EDT Article-I.D.: BANFF.870709200356.7.DP Posted: Thu Jul 9 20:03:00 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 14:12:10 EDT References:Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Jeffrey Del Papa Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 12 Date: Wed, 8 Jul 87 10:12:41 edt From: aad+@andrew.cmu.edu (Anthony A. Datri) 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 The one I saw advertised uses VHS videotapes.