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Re: Which External SDLT 320 to buy

 
David Ruska
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Re: Which External SDLT 320 to buy

I love to nitpick :-)

The compression happens inside the drive. The fixed rate is going to tape. If the data compresses 2 to 1, then you will actually get 32MB/sec on the host-to-drive bus.

(BTW, I developed the first tape drive with built-in data compression - the HP7980XC).
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Joshua Scott
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Re: Which External SDLT 320 to buy

I stand corrected.

However, (back to the original question) the 40MB/s should be sufficient for the tape drive (assuming compression is not more than 2.5X)

Josh
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