[1178] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Mammoth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chai Harjo)
Thu Dec 26 07:31:51 1996
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 23:29:44 +1100
From: Chai Harjo <c.harjo@student.anu.edu.au>
Reply-To: c.harjo@student.anu.edu.au
To: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
CC: submit-linux-dev-scsi@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com
Jon Lewis wrote:
>
> On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Chai Harjo wrote:
>
> > It is a 8mm tape drive, can save upto 20 GB (uncompressed),
> > and 40 GB (compressed). It can backup 20GB/second!!!
>
> Wow. Fills a tape in 1s...that would really speed up my backups. Since
> it's not quite April 1, this must either be a typo or BS. Size sounds
> very much like DLT, which isn't exactly a new thing.
>
Oops...typo... I meant 20GB/hour. :)
If I could backup in 20GB/sec, why should I buy a hardisk? :)
Chai Harjo
