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Hugo Mills

@NanoRaptor There aren't enough DAT drives in that for my liking.

I loved DAT... but it just didn't have the capacity.

8 October at 20:20 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mstdn.social
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Dr.Nick

@darkling @NanoRaptor DAT was great. I have the same fondness for DAT as I do for SCART.

I love SCART. Thick. Chunky. Reliable. No fucking about.

8 October at 20:37 | Open on mastodon.ie
Hugo Mills

@devxvda @NanoRaptor At one point, I had a 12-tape DDS-2 changer, and a couple of DDS-3 drives. I never worked out how to fit one of the DDS-3 drives into the case of the DDS-2 changer mechanism.

I still have a tape drive (LTO-5), but I changed the controller and it now runs about as fast as a modem, which really sucks. I should get some help on that one of these days.

8 October at 20:41 | Open on mstdn.social
Dr.Nick

@darkling @NanoRaptor LTO-5 was the last version of tape I used!

The capacity of LTO-9 is obscene in comparison

8 October at 21:01 | Open on mastodon.ie
Hugo Mills
Dr.Nick

@darkling @NanoRaptor 100 EUR per tape versus 35 EUR? /gen

IIRC LTO-5 was circa 100 EUR a tape back in 2012.

8 October at 21:06 | Open on mastodon.ie
Hugo Mills

@devxvda @NanoRaptor I was thinking more of the cost of the drives. I got my LTO-5 for about £800 on eBay, I think. That was a few years ago. The later generations ramp up in price very quickly.

8 October at 21:07 | Open on mstdn.social
Hydrian

@devxvda @darkling @NanoRaptor I used LTO-1 at 200 USD per tape back in 2004-2005 timeframe.

9 October at 3:48 | Open on twit.social
Plaid

@darkling @NanoRaptor

You're right, with 3 DAT drives, you could use RAIT5, and get improved error handling and still get good capacity efficiency.

8 October at 22:51 | Open on jorts.horse
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