* James Sutherland (jas88@cam.ac.uk) [000608 14:33]:
> > So it's two controllers for eight drives, better use only four of them.
>
> What do you mean?? Two chips, containing effectively four controllers. IDE
> controllers just happen to come in pairs on the chip.
True, and properly interpreted.
> > > SLR = self loading rifle. You want to shoot your backup tapes?! :-)
> >
> > SLR = scalable linear recording. Just depends on your point of view :-)
>
> Shooting the tapes still gets my vote, then ;-)
Wee. Take a shower and cool down ;-)
> > > Seriously: ISTR there are IDE/ATAPI tape drives out there. You just need
> > > to look...
> >
> > Yup. The last time I looked, I found some Seagate Travan drives that
> > lacked the "NS" features such as verify-while-write. Not really useful
> > for backup.
>
> Nor is a half gig tape, IMO - just use CDs. Longer shelf life, faster
> access...
It's just an example. These $10 drives are not the only things you can
get, how many AIT/DLT/huge SLR drives (say 50 G) are there in IDE
flavour? They usually come as UWSCSI or U2anythingSCSI. Sure, there is
this new Onstream stuff as ATA(PI?) and SCSI, part of which has given a
lot of people headaches since Onstream did not adhere to the standard
SCSI tape model...
As to CD: not overwritable, requires mastering, and CD-RW suffers from
low speed as well. For archiving, that's okay, if you write your media
often, MO and magnetic tape are still the media types of your choice.
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