OT: SLR 5 Tape drive vs DAT

[J. Ryan Kelley]

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Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:52 AM
To: Scott Walker
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Subject: Re: OT: SLR 5 Tape drive vs DAT


Quoting Scott Walker <scottw1 at alltel.net>:

> 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.
[...]

Nowadays, is there any inherent advantage of using tapes when DVD writers
and media are getting so inexpensive?

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The Main advantage i can think of is that tape drives are reuseable, so if
you need to backup your data on the same medium several times, Tape is still
the better option.  I would agree that DVD is a better option for long term
permanent storage though


-ryan