Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 11 Dec 1996 17:49:50 -0500 (EST) | From | "D. Chiodo" <> | Subject | Re: GB vs. MB |
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On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Ray Van Tassle-CRV004 wrote:
> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 8:21:15 -0600 > From: Ray Van Tassle-CRV004 <Ray_Van_Tassle-CRV004@email.mot.com> > To: albert@ccs.neu.edu, Rob.Hagopian@mailhost.vu.union.edu > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Re: GB vs. MB > > > > >I think we should just be glad that hard disk manufacturers > > >don't throw in a factor of 4 for compression -- not yet anyway. > > > > Yet. I shudder to think what will happen if/when we get hardware > > compression on drives. > > Tape drives are sold this way now. YUCH. I always have to do a mental > "divide by two" when reading their claims.
It pisses me off that there is a listed capacity for a tape drive at all. The listed spec for a tape drive should be bytes per inch, not a fixed size. And however long a tape you can get, multiply it out to get capacity.
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