[Info-vax] USB or SCSI TAPE

[Simon Clubley]

On 2014-09-05, David Turner <dturner at islandco.com> wrote:
> I talked with my HP re and he suggested SCSi for the HP rx2800i2 backup 
> with VMS 8.4. USB is just if not faster is it not in this iteration on 
> the rx2800i2
>

Even if the throughput is better, then what about things like system
loading or error recovery when things go wrong ?

>
> Going to connect numerous tape drives here for DR customer, so would 
> love to know what's best. USBs sure are cheaper
>

Cheaper does not always mean better when it comes to backups. :-)

Simon.

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