OT: SLR 5 Tape drive vs DAT

[Scott Walker]

One of my customers has an old QIC tape drive that has finally died.

I told him to get a quote on a DAT drive to replace it.

The hardware guy quoted him a Tandberg SLR 5 Tape Drive for $610.

How does this compaire to a DAT drive.  This customer only has about 2gb
that needs to be backed up.

What really got my curiosity up is the fact that they quoted hime $50
each for the SLR 5 Data Cartridges.  What makes them so expensive?

Regards,

Scott
	


Scott Walker
RAM Systems Corp
Ph: (704) 896-6549
Fx: (704) 896-7458
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