Data Storage - Re: DDS4 tape drive question

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Re: DDS4 tape drive question

T.B.

2004-12-10, 2:45 am

so let's say that I need to back up like 70gigs. is there a DDS tape drive
out there that can handle that?

TB

"T.B." <balfour@donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.grandecom.net> wrote in message
news:10rigrjbd9ejb1@corp.supernews.com...
> i have an Archive Python 06408-xxxx DDS4 Tape drive that came installed in
a
> Dell PowerEdge server and I'm using ArcServe 2000 Advanced for my backup
> software. My question is what is the largest amount of data (in gbs) that
I
> will be able to backup to a DDS4 tape? Do DDS4 tapes all have a standard
> limit? Is it 20gb raw, and 40gb compressed? I can't seem to find
anything
> definitive on the web so I thought i'd ask here.
>
> thanks for the assistance.
>
> TB
>
>