[rescue] Slow DDS backups

[Mike Meredith]

On Saturday 19 October 2002 7:31 pm, David Rouse wrote:
> Work has a surplus 8mm drive (in a little IPX looking case) -- is
> that format better (speed + reliability) than DDS2?

Depends ...

If it's got a flap-down eject mechanism, it's likely to be as slow as 
molasses, but if it's a slot-eject mechanism it might not be too bad.

I haven't had problems with any 8mm drives I've used, but there are 
certainly reliability problems which I believe are associated with 
using video grade tapes.