Rob,

You're pretty close at $80 per.  But that's for 100 GB uncomp.  and ours
averages 165 GB compressed.

In contrast, it costs us $65 for a 3570XL tape; that's for 7 GB / 12 GB.
So cost per GB is much lower for LTO.

Tab Trepagnier
TSM Administrator
Laitram Corporation







Rob Jones <rjones AT DOTLOGIX DOT COM>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 06/17/2002 03:32:45 PM

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I've heard rumors of like $80.00 or higher...YIKES!!!!!



On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 17:05, Wayne T. Smith wrote:
> I'm curious: what should LTO media cost, in round numbers?
> cheers, wayne
>
> Wayne T. Smith                          ADSM AT Maine DOT edu
> ADSM Technical Coordinator - UNET       University of Maine System