OT: XP SP2 Security Hole / Backup Thread Appended

[Bill Vermillion]

On or about Sun, Oct 03 23:06 , while attempting a Zarathustra 
emulation Brian K. White thus spake: 

[lots clipped - wjv]

> D. Thomas Podnar wrote:

> >You should be ecstatic. I don't think you have interprested the
> >statistics properly.

> you are right... near the top of the ctar log file is the total
> capacity of the tape, 23 gigs & change (which is just a number
> I myself put in since it's the estimated compressed space)

> For some reason that number stuck in my head and I was thinking
> that the old box was backing up 23 1/2 gigs in 42 minutes but
> there is no question, it was only backing up 8 gigs in 42
> minutes.

> So, it's doing better than the old box. But now hearing about
> Johns tape being off it's stride and doing only 700 megs/min,
> that 77 sounds pretty lame. But the rev cost something like
> $450 and I don't even wanna think what an ait drive goes for.
> :)

The AIT that handles 500GB native and 1TB compressed was
a bit over $5000 when I priced it - out of curiosity.  It may have
come down since then.

Bill
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