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- From: rkim@csri.toronto.edu (Ryan Kim)
- Subject: Colorado Jumbo 250MB Tape & PCTools backup prog anyone?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.123731.20283@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
- Date: 15 Nov 92 17:37:31 GMT
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- Is anyone using the Jumbo 250mb tape backup with PCTools backup program?
- If so, my questions are:
- (I first format the tape in PCTools backup and use error correction,
- QIC-80 format (not PCTools format), minimize-time compression)
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- 1. Did you ever do compare after the backup?
- After the comparison (assuming all the files matched), how many
- recoverable errors do you get?
- I got something like 115 recoverable errors after comparing
- about 290mb of data on 3 tapes. All files matched. Is this normal?
- I do not get any recoverable errors after backup, though.
- These are "Carlisle" tapes. I also have 3-M and I think I got
- similar results.
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- 2. Is new PCTools version 8 any good?
- I'm using v7.1 currently, and the only enhancement useful for me
- in v8 is the better handling of tape backups (according to their
- advertisement).
- How good is "better handling" compared to v7.1?
- At least, I saw they had an option of formatting the tape in v8.
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- 3. Is Colorado's tape controller (16bit one) worth the money? Does it
- really double the backup speed? I'm using 386DX-33 machine.
-
- Thanks a lot!
-
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- Ryan Kim
- University of Toronto, Electrical Engineering,
- Computer Group, M.A.Sc. Student Rm SF2206
- e-mail: rkim@csri.toronto.edu
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