[Info-vax] OpenVMS x64 Atom project

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 6/7/2021 8:11 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-06-05, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> I believe modern storage systems can do that easily. Even though
>> I do not know much about the details - last time I was responsible
>> for backups then DAT tapes was cool.
> 
> DAT tapes were _never_ cool. :-)
> 
> DLT tapes, OTOH...

DLT was very reliable but also expensive.

The original DAT (60 m) was not bad. I never had problems.
I think DAT went wrong when they started squeezing longer
tapes into the same size tape cartridge.

Arne