Re: Backup devices

["Wes Bauske" <wsb paralleldata com>]

Paul Bunn wrote:
> 
> I concur with this.  The Ecrix is a very nice low-cost drive, with excellent
> specs (66GB per cart, and 6MB/sec sustained xfer with 2:1 compression).
> They also have _unique_ technology that makes the drive very reliable and
> robust -- packet reassembly, overscan and variable speed tape transport.  As
> a demonstration of the reliability of the technology they made a backup on
> tape, then took the tape, placed it in hot coffee then froze the tape solid
> in a block of ice, then let it thaw and dry ..... then restored from the
> tape.  Apparently, this torture-test was repeated by a cynical magazine
> reviewer.
> 

While that's an amusing test to try, I don't see it
as a real indicator of the tape's performance. Most
things I've read worry about print thru and failure
of the tape surface, where the particles come loose.

At one point I found a web site that discusses such
things but I can't find a bookmark anymore.

Anyone else remember seeing such a site??


Wes