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- From: ccoprmd@prism.gatech.EDU (Matthew DeLuca)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: Exabyte or other 8mm tape storage in quantity
- Message-ID: <65767@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 16:21:49 GMT
- References: <12AUG92.11532621@cc4.crl.aecl.ca>
- Organization: The Dorsai Grey Captains
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- In article <12AUG92.11532621@cc4.crl.aecl.ca> roihar@cc4.crl.aecl.ca writes:
- >Does anyone have information on a storage system for hundreds of
- >exabyte tapes. We are now using these as our standard storage media
- >for data from nuclear experimentation and they are 'piling' up
- >quite rapidly. All I've seen in the catalogues are stackable units
- >which hold at most some 20-30 tapes. Anything better out there??
- >Anyone else come up with a usable alternative to commercially
- >available storage systems???
-
- We're using a storage system originally designed for 3.5" floppies to store
- our Exabytes. An Italian company called 'Exponent' manufactures interlocking
- drawers for 3.5" floppies that almost perfectly fits Exabyte tapes ten per
- drawer. We're currently storing some 450 tapes in our setup, which only
- takes a few square feet of floor space. If this sounds useful to you, let me
- know and I can try and track down an address.
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