Archive media choice DAT or MO?

[George Goble]

In article <1991Jun6.034023.3359 at newshost.anu.edu.au> david at phys.anu.edu.au writes:
>I am looking at evaluating DAT and Magneto-Optical disks for archival purposes,
>mainly due to their
>good access times. Target environments are VAX/VMS and Ultrix, on SCSI based
>systems (3100s).
>At present we use 8mm, but its very slow to get a file off the end of a tape.
>
>DATs can access any point in the tape within 20 secs, and the media is cheap -

The Exabyte 8mm "8500" can move at near DAT speeds.  They also have an
8200-SX which has high speed positioning, but is more cumbersome than
the 8500.  The 8500 holds around 5GB on a P5-90 tape.
--ghg