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- From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
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- Subject: Re: CMS Jumbo tapes - Does it really matter which brand?
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 14:36:10 GMT
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- In article <C1ExnK.1zF@encore.com> mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes:
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- >CMS recommends certain tapes for it's drives. Does it REALLY matter, or is
- >it an "I'll scratch your back" arrangement?
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- I'd say yes it does matter. These QIC80 tape drives, especially the
- Colorado are pretty flimsy, low quality items. They have enough trouble
- using a high quality 3M tape properly. I would hate to see what they do
- with an elcheapo generic.
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- Granted, if all you want to do is write data to a tape, then they'll
- probably work fine.
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- The big question is, are you going to be able to restore the data?
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- If it's of any value to you, go with something you can kind of trust.
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- sheldon@iastate.edu Steve Sheldon
- Project Vincent ICSS Resource Unit
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