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- From: lampi@halcyon.com (Michael Lampi)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
- Subject: Re: backup tape
- Keywords: tape
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.235530.26614@nwnexus.WA.COM>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 23:55:30 GMT
- Article-I.D.: nwnexus.1992Nov22.235530.26614
- References: <1992Nov21.012114.5623@utagraph.uta.edu> <1992Nov21.221931.18218@edsi.plexus.COM>
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- In article <1992Nov21.221931.18218@edsi.plexus.COM> chuck@edsi.plexus.COM (Chuck Tomasi) writes:
- >root@mecad.uta.edu (Operator) writes:
- >
- >:)What is the largest size of back-up tape in terms of megabyte that
- >:)Apollo DN 3500, 4000 and 5500 can take?
- >
- >Depends what media you are referring to. Some of my DN machines have
- >internal quarter inch cartridge (QIC) tapes. Those tapes hold 60MB
- >each (for a 600' tape.) I also have an Exabyte 8200 8mm tape drive and
- >an Exabyte 8500 8mm tape drive connected to my DN machines. They hold
- >2.5 and 5.0 GB respectively. There are plenty of other options.
- >--
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- I know of several tape drives that store as much as a terabyte on a
- single piece of media that can be connected to the Apollo DN 3500, etc.
- systems and be used through the standard utilities.
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