[SunRescue] Tape drive

[Dave McGuire]

On May 19, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> On 19 May 2001 22:03:09 -0400, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> > Whatever you do don't get an AIT drive.  They combine the bad aspects of
> > helical scan tapes with a lot of added expense in the media.
> 
> What are the bad aspects of helical scan tapes?  I've got an AIT drive
> at the office, and it knocks the socks off of our DTL-IIIxt (15GB) and
> our DLT-IV in terms of speed.  The bigger tapes are only 35GB native,
> and we get about 46GB of data onto them, which is a lot better than the
> compression we get out of that DLT=III.

  AIT?  Is that that new Sony standard that I've heard some rumblings
about?  What's the deal with it...is it cool?

         -Dave McGuire