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DLT vs sDLT

Capacity

  • DLT:
    • 40 GB uncompressed
    • 80 GB compressed (assuming perfect 2:1 ratio)
  • sDLT
    • 110 GB uncompressed
    • 320 GB compressed (assuming perfect 2:1 ratio)

Speed

DLT

  • Transfer Rate:
    • Uncompressed:
      • 3MB/s
      • 10.8GB/hr
    • Compressed:
      • 6MB/s
      • 21.6GB/hr
258M    tape-stuff/adrian
#size of my git stuff
real    7m49.898s
user    0m3.400s
sys    0m8.228s
# time it takes to rewind, back it up, and verify it via DLT tape.

SDLT

  • Tranfer Rate:
    • Uncompressed:
      • 16MB/s
      • 58GB/hr
    • Compressed:
      • 32MB/s
      • 115GB/hr
1.6G	tape-stuff/everyone/ 
# size of ~/ on another computer on my network
real	4m53.833s
user	0m14.648s
sys	0m45.324s
# time it takes to rewind, back it up, and verify it via sDLT tape.

Disclaimer

this is a very shite comparison...I need to work on it...lol.

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