Exabyte versus DAT tape drives

[Randy Witlicki]

I posted this a while back but it seems to have been dropped.

  (I recall a while back there was some talk here about
the right dump command strings to work with Exabyte
tape drives.)
  We are looking into large capacity tape storage solutions
and have the question:
   - Is an Exabyte or a DAT (Digital Audio Tape) system
 better (where "better" == price, robustness, availability
 of device drivers, etc.).  The present environment we will
 be dropping it into will be SUN 3s and DecStations (Ultrix).

  Any and all replies appreciated in advance!
  Please name vendors if possible.

- Randy Witlicki     rw at sunapee.dartmouth.edu
  Math and CS Department
  Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA