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Our research group has an ethernet network consisting of PCs running BW-NFS 
connected to a SUN SPARCstation ELC. We have been backing up or MS-DOS files 
using a tape drive connected to a networked PC but would like to install an 
external SCSI tape drive that we could use to back up everything on the 
server.

Our needs are quite modest. At the moment, we are using approx. 350 
MegaBytes of a 660 MB hard drive and the amount of storage we require is not 
increasing very rapidly.

From the enquiries I have made at the University and at local businesses, 
our options include an EXABYTE, DAT, or QIC drive. The QIC drives are the 
least expensive, but also have lower capacity (the largest QIC drive quoted 
was 525 MB). 

I would appreciate any input regarding the reliability, price and durability 
of each of these formats as well as any other feedback which would assist us 
in making the purchase.

Please reply by email to peter@ach.ucalgary.ca

I will summarize responses.

Pete


Pete Faris                    | the large print giveth
Data Analyst                  | and the small print taketh away
Alberta Children's Hospital   |
ph. 229-7365                  |                       Tom Waits