tech, And as far as the GMR, their only good point is the inexpensive GB/$ ratio.
Could you state the price per MB for GMR vs MR. I'm too lazy to look it up, but the Motley Fool stated that the cost per MB is "comparable", or something like that. They also said that the drives would "cost twice as much", indicating there is no price advantage yet.
So what, in your opion then, is GMR's bad points, if the only good point is as you stated?
William is absolutely right, DLT is so much cheaper than this GMR thing that it's not worth even talking about. And contrary to all the hype from IBM today, these forthcoming GMR drives aint squat compared to the capacity needed for enterprise back-up.
Re I can get very technical, but how would that help inform others?
You obviously haven't hung out on this thread much, or else you would know we have several extremely knowledgeable people here with whom you could discuss all the arcane little high-tech details of storage.
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