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Obadiah
Hi. Can anyone give a site that discusses the state of DAT technology?
Thanks.
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PCportinc
its dead. beaten by CDR and DVDR.
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Eric Gisin
How do you manage to write 100GB to DVD every day?
http://www.datmgm.com/, sounds like 72GB is coming.
http://www.datmgm.com/, sounds like 72GB is coming.
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Todd Brooks
I doubt it's what you're interested in, but I believe DAT is still widely
used in amateur live music recording setups.
used in amateur live music recording setups.
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Andrew Rossmann
its dead. beaten by CDR and DVDR.
In a business environment, tape is still very viable. Anyways, even DDS3
holds 12G uncompressed. That is nearly 3 DVD's. Even BluRay just barely
beats that. DAT72 (I assume it is 35-36G uncompressed) is even better.
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Dorothy Bradbury
DAT is a high-capacity, offline tape storage device:
o DAT technology is based on helican scan heads
o Thus subject to variability based on physical alignment & other factors
Unfortunately, DAT is around £250-500.
I say unfortunately, because a DLT VX80 drive is just nearing £500,
and DLT is a somewhat more robust drive/media technology than DAT.
So it's hard to justify £450 on DAT when DLT VX80 drives are cheap.
Media wise, DAT media is relatively cheap - DLT relatively pricey.
DVD is a strong competitor to backup, although reliability wise you are
subject to media quality variation. DVD-RAM reduces some of the media
variation by offering slightly better error correction, but is very s-l-o-w &
somewhat expensive compared to a DAT or DLT tape - £6+ for 9.4GB.
o If the data-set is critical & small, MO or DVD-RAM may suit re size/price
---- MO less popular now re expensive drives (£200+ v £55 for LG-4082B)
---- MO also much more expensive for media, which has seen "QC variability"
o If the data-set is critical & large, DAT was a common choice in the past
---- however DLT VX80 drives have come close to some DAT drives in price
---- and as such I'd personally prefer to go with DLT over DAT
A lot of the bad rap of DAT comes from early drives & alignment variation.
Later drives are somewhat improved - but I tend to hear more problems with
DAT than DLT, some of which are due to the helical scan technology, some of
which are due to the more fragile media or poor head cleaning regimens. I do
recall some media loved to dump all over the heads (used to be Maxell).
DAT isn't dead, DDS3 drives are popular on Ebay - people still like it re price.
Worth noting that DAT is still around, when a lot of other "consumer tape devices"
have gone obsolete or left users with unrecoverable media, failed drives & such like.
VX2 is a competitor for DLT, but DLT VX80 is available from more than one vendor
and offers an already proven record of media reliability in the industry.
o DAT technology is based on helican scan heads
o Thus subject to variability based on physical alignment & other factors
Unfortunately, DAT is around £250-500.
I say unfortunately, because a DLT VX80 drive is just nearing £500,
and DLT is a somewhat more robust drive/media technology than DAT.
So it's hard to justify £450 on DAT when DLT VX80 drives are cheap.
Media wise, DAT media is relatively cheap - DLT relatively pricey.
DVD is a strong competitor to backup, although reliability wise you are
subject to media quality variation. DVD-RAM reduces some of the media
variation by offering slightly better error correction, but is very s-l-o-w &
somewhat expensive compared to a DAT or DLT tape - £6+ for 9.4GB.
o If the data-set is critical & small, MO or DVD-RAM may suit re size/price
---- MO less popular now re expensive drives (£200+ v £55 for LG-4082B)
---- MO also much more expensive for media, which has seen "QC variability"
o If the data-set is critical & large, DAT was a common choice in the past
---- however DLT VX80 drives have come close to some DAT drives in price
---- and as such I'd personally prefer to go with DLT over DAT
A lot of the bad rap of DAT comes from early drives & alignment variation.
Later drives are somewhat improved - but I tend to hear more problems with
DAT than DLT, some of which are due to the helical scan technology, some of
which are due to the more fragile media or poor head cleaning regimens. I do
recall some media loved to dump all over the heads (used to be Maxell).
DAT isn't dead, DDS3 drives are popular on Ebay - people still like it re price.
Worth noting that DAT is still around, when a lot of other "consumer tape devices"
have gone obsolete or left users with unrecoverable media, failed drives & such like.
VX2 is a competitor for DLT, but DLT VX80 is available from more than one vendor
and offers an already proven record of media reliability in the industry.
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Obadiah
Thanks all for replies.