[Talk] Reality check...

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 13:35, Steve Jenkin wrote:
> A 3.5in drive in an enclosure is about the same volume as a DLT tape.
> A 2.5in drive is definitely much smaller.

2.5" drives are substantially more expensive too.
($7-8 per Gb). They're also slower..


A 3.5" drive is larger than an AIT tape (more than twice the volume)

A 2.5" drive is about the same size.

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