OT: SLR 5 Tape drive vs DAT

[GCC Consulting]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> Of Kenneth Brody
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:52 AM
> To: Scott Walker
> Cc: Filepro_List
> 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?
> 
Backward compatibility may also be a concern.  With DVD standards changing
rapidly it is  possible that in a few years old archived media may not be able
to be read by new drives.

Granted, this has happened with tape technology.  However, most manufacturers of
tape drive have kept them backward compatible, as long as the media type hasn't
changed, as far as reading the older tape formats.

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting