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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: Archive Viper support for 250 MB tape
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <laf6d1INN4vh@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 07:06:57 GMT
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- In <laf6d1INN4vh@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> lou@flipper.Corp.Sun.COM ("Luis R. Ordorica") writes:
- | Can anyone tell me if the Archive Viper mechanism used in the desktop
- | storage pack can support tape lengths of 250 MB?
- |
- | I would love to get more backup capacity out of the drive than the
- | standard 150 MB DC6150 tape size.
-
- Seems like a Sun employee ought to be able to get the official
- answer, but I'm always happy to help the competition ;)
-
- Archive has told us (SGI) that the 6250 tapes have been qualified
- on the 2150S, and work just fine.
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