4mm vs. 8mm tape drives?

[Michael Garvin]

We're looking at purchasing either a 4 or 8mm tape drive to use with the
SPARCstation II, and I would like to gather people's opinions of the pros
and cons of each.  My main concerns are for storage reliability, the
ability to dump multiple partitions to one tape, and (of course)
cost/capacity.  Also, pointers to manufacturers and sellers would also be
appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Michael Garvin				garvin at ncsu.edu
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