[geeks] Quantum Go tape drives

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Fri Jun 15 20:44:58 CDT 2007


Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Does anyone know anything about the Quantum GoVault tape drives and
> media?
> 
> Any good?
> 
> I have external hard drive backup now, but I still want removable media
> backup if I can find something I can afford.
> 
> The price on this looks better than a lot of alternatives.

It looks like it's a ruggedized SATA hard disk, no?  Is there any 
long-term data yet on how these compare to tape?

I'm using LTO these days, myself, but you probably have a reason for not 
wanting tape.

Peace...  Sridhar



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