21 Jul
1999
21 Jul
'99
11:53 a.m.
This is good timing! I just listed a box of TK 70 tapes on E-bay a few
minutes ago. They're at
"http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=135041734" if
you're interested.
Joe
At 06:25 PM 7/21/99 -0400, you wrote:
<Someone who is very experienced has suggested doing
a bulk erase
<on a TK50 tape and using it in a TK70 tape drive! Has anyone
<ever done so and what happened?
Ah, I believe TK50 and TK70 tape is different media (magnetics). That is
why the TK70 can only read TK50 formats.
<I want to decide if a TK70 is the drive for doing backups? It is
<more than twice as fast as a TK50 and the capacity is about
<4 times when a TK70 is used. Also, the "/VERIFY:ONLY"
<switch in BUP works very well taking less than double the
<time as a straight RESTORE.
This is a no brainer, TK70 is better. By then the technology is more
mature and fewer tapes will be needed to backup a large disk.
Allison