RE: [SLUG] Tapes

[Jon Biddell <jon@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 8/08/2002  17:54, Rowling, Jill wrote:
> Tapes are usually measured in metres, because data compresses differently
> depending on what it is.


Ooh.... Compression MUCH bad mojo !!!

If we are talking DDS drives here, a 120m tape will hold 4Gb uncompressed 
(8 Gb compressed assuming 2:1 which you will NEVER get), and a 125m tape 
holds 12G (24G compressed) on a DDS3 drive.

As I 'm sure the respected Crossfire will wax lyrically, compression is a 
PITA - it saves tapes BUT try recovering data from one.

Jon