[geeks] Dying DAT72 drive?

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Jul 23, 2008, at 09:37 , Phil Stracchino wrote:

> Mark wrote:
>> I thought DLT drives were mega-bucks but actually they aren't any
>> more. I only need about 80GB of backup space, so a DLT 80/160 tape
>> would handle that no sweat.
>>
>> Also, any brand recommendations?
>
> FWIW, my experience is that LTO is more reliable than DLT and tends to
> have a better price point.  Last place that I worked that used DLT for
> backup had an entire pile of failed DLT drives and autochangers.
>
> I like IBM LTO drives better than HP ones.  An LTO1 drive has 100GB
> native capacity, and in my experience will hold about 130GB of
> real-world data.

I'm seeing Quantum LTO drives for $2400, that's 800GB native.

Very expensive for me, but I might look for an LT01 drive since that  
should be a lot less, I would think.

Any opinions out there on Quantum or other non IBM/HP brands?

Seems there are quite a few SATA LTO drives out now.

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