[plug] Exabyte vs DLT

[Bevan Broun]

on Mon, May 01, 2000 at 02:54:11PM +0800, David Griffiths <griffith at environ.wa.gov.au> wrote:
> However... DLT apparently outsells exabyte by about 5 to 1 for comparable
> capacities
> according to one sales person I spoke to: are there good technical reasons
> for this or
> is it just people drifting towards a common denominator? From the specs
> I've seen so far
> they are faster but more expensive.

I have a sysadmin from February 1998 which compares Sony AIT, Exabyte
mammoth and Quantum DLT. AIT comes out on top, DLT second.
 
BB
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