17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
"Chris Adams" <adamsc@io-online.com> writes:
What's the cheapest form of storage, magtape? How much can you store on magtape? The entries can be sorted so that lookup doesn't take long even when you have to mount tapes.
Hmmmm... Don't they have some of those 8mm tapes that go to 4-8GM per tape? Anyone have access to one?
One can also have an index to the data on faster storage: that's how I usually store the data on tapes. One note about these huge 8mm tapes (like the ones from Exabyte): random seeking them is very slow. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps