On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 05:18:36PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> and DLT tapes as i see costs quite lot

The following figures from pricewatch show DLT and IDE media to be
comparable in price.  My guess is that the DLT media will be more reliable,
depending on the drive used.

media	US$	gigs	cost/gig	source	notes
------	------	------	--------------	------	-----
DLT IV	$35.45	40	$0.88		1	Sony brand
IDE	$44.00	40	$1.10		2	90 day warranty
IDE	$55.00	60	$0.91		3	90 day warranty
IDE	$67.00	80	$0.83		4	30 day warranty
IDE	$86.00	100	$0.86		5	8 mo. warranty
IDE	$92.00	120	$0.76		6	30 day warranty
IDE	$120.00	160	$0.75		7	30 day warranty

1: http://www.pcnation.com/asp/details.asp?affid=303&item=450997
2: http://www.compdisk.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Products.ProdDetail&PartNumber=4D040H2pw&ID=35
3: http://www.compdisk.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Products.ProdDetail&PartNumber=WD600ABpw&ID=35
4: http://www.memorylabs.net/orsa8054rpm2.html
5: http://www.upgrade-solution.com/detail.cfm?show=yes&PID=721&add=yes
6: http://www.memorylabs.net/orsaspsp1254.html
7: http://www.memorylabs.net/saei1654hd2m.html