#Favorite Back-up
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Hi all:
It's come time to get a bigger more betterer mass back-up system for moving 3DS
rendered images from place to place (my place to service bureau).
Here's the system I'm looking at picking up. It's an HP 8 gig 4mm DAT drive
(HP1533A external) bundled with the RENDER-TO-DAT software from AeroData (gives
the DAT a DOS drive letter and makes it an on-line device) (it's in the back of
"The Autodesk Multimedia Partner Catalog Vol 2"). Says it can exceed 15MB /
minute (should I be impressed?). The guy on the phone boasted that they got 4
gigs off in 45 min (his claim and the through-put numbers dont seem to match.)
Questions:
1) Anyone use this thing with 3DS ?
(can I really get a 500 MB animation off in about 30 min)
2) Are 8mm DATs better then 4mm DATs ?
3) Is their a better system for get'n 3DS images "from here to their" ?
How about it, any words of wisdom anyone?
Scott.
<<Here's the system I'm looking at picking up. It's an HP 8 gig 4mm DAT drive
(HP1533A external) bundled with the RENDER-TO-DAT software from AeroData
Im using the HP1533a (aka Jetstore 6000 ) and it works great. I havnt used the
8mm machines so I cant comment, but in any case I would check with the service
bureau to insure compatibility. The other thing is you might talk to Jim
Dempsey at Tapedisk ( 414 231 3333 cis 73777,145 ) Their software does a good
job of turning a tape into a drive. Also he knows a lot about tape drives; hes
the one that recommended the HP a very reliable 4mm drive. Another thing is
that 8 gig is with compression which is optimistic when dealing with already
compressed files like PAR ani's. Even without compression DAT is very cost
effective.
Ed
Ed:
>> The other thing is you might talk to Jim Dempsey at Tapedisk ( 414 231 3333
cis 73777,145 ) Their software does a good job of turning a tape into a drive.
<<
Oh great! Thanks for the run down, Ed. I will be giving Jim a call. I was sure
that their was other software around that did the same thing. Has Tapedisk been
around for a while? More importantly, does their driver work with (or are they
working a version for) Windows NT (got to look ahead to 3DS R5). The guy are
AeroData didn't instill me with confidence when I asked if they were coming out
with an NT version. His answer came across, to me, as, "If we get enough
requests for it and if we have the time…."
>> Another thing is that 8 gig is with compression <<
Yea, I was wondering about that. 4 gigs is still good. Hope all my jobs require
two or three 4 gig tapes <g>.
<< Has Tapedisk been around for a while? More importantly, does their driver
work with (or are they working a version for) Windows NT (got to look ahead to
3DS R5).
They're in version 6.22 which I find very stable. As for NT youll have to ask
them. I did mention to him that there is going to be a migration to NT around
here. BTW their optimum rate of transfer is about 30mb per min.
Ed