9 May
2007
9 May
'07
6:53 a.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
Personally I'd rate it a bit different.
DLT > 4mm DAT > QIC > 8mm
I don't remember ever dealing with Travan, though I think I have a couple
drives in the collection I've built at work.
I definitely wouldn't rate DAT/DDS anywhere near that highly. I've
found that 8mm tapes are fine if you don't write over them again and
again. I can't say the same for DDS.
Peace... Sridhar
8 mm wasn't bad. At about that time, we were
heavily involved in
specifying tape for customers and we tended to rank things this way:
DLT > 8mm > 4mm DAT > Travan > QIC.
Interesting. That's about my
assessment too, though I don't use tapes
all that much.