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30GB and 50GB Removables

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sun Apr 11, 1999 01:35 PM
from the bigger-faster-better dept.

After yesterdays bit on the 10 gig removables, Chad Pommiss wrote in to tell us about "A Philip Electronics offshoot named OnStream that has developed 30GB and 50GB removable drives, based on "Advanced Digital Recording", boasting variable data rates of 1 or 2MB/second (3GB/hour). Parallel, SCSI and IDE/ATAPI versions are available from $299" Ok now that is what I wanna keep my MP3s on.

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Cheap storage by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @12:57PM
30GB compressed, not native by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @12:53PM
ORB drives by josecanuc (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @02:17PM
Clued-in Windows sysadmins exist? by Wakko Warner (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @02:49PM
Tell me I'm not the only one.. by bmetz (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @09:04PM
Screw it, go DVD-RAM by gavinhall (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @08:39PM
Linear, not random access. :( by Andy Dodd (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @12:48PM
Cheap storage by Nick Mitchell (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @05:45PM
No external SCSI by YuppieScum (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @05:33PM
Interesting Features... Pretty Nice by C.Lee (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @05:39PM
Just trying to make tape sexy again by Nelson (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @10:28PM
Read the FAQ.. by Thomas Charron (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @01:50PM
zips are [not] compressed by William Tanksley (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @08:17PM
And I just got a tape drive... by ksheff (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @07:52PM
No Decent SCSI cd-rw? by troc (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @04:42AM
Linear, not random access. :( by Erik (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @12:51PM
Interesting Features... Pretty Nice by Erik (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @12:48PM
I used to play mp3's from a jumbo-250 tape... by digits (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @08:06AM
Question... by hime (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @11:54AM
Does CT read what we send him? by hime (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @11:17AM
Clued-in Windows sysadmins exist? by BiLlCaT (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @07:06PM
gimme a 200-DVD changer instead by faze (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @09:10PM
Interesting Features... Pretty Nice by BillSux (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @02:13PM
It's a tape drive by mcelrath (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @12:51PM
gimme a 200-DVD changer instead by hatless (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @07:22PM
BFD... by InfinityEdge (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @12:52PM
I have one of these... by GoRK (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @08:44AM
Great, only 10 hours to copy stuff by Geinus Roy (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @12:56PM
Site says "15 1GB Jaz catridges" by Bricktoad (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @08:40PM
Linear, not random access. :( by giuoco (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @01:42PM
No external SCSI by Knightmare (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @07:40PM
Another reason to target the windows market by Black Perl (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @12:51PM
Linear, not random access. :( by joetee (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @09:42PM
Linear, not random access. :( by kinesis (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @03:30PM
Screw it, go DVD-RAM by dirty (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @07:07PM
gzip mp3s by dirty (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @06:57PM
If you're going to spend... by Graymalkin (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @06:13PM
Drivers? by damm0 (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @12:54PM
Does CT read what we send him? by Zebulun (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @08:52PM
idea for unused submitted articles. by Zebulun (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @03:11PM
Tape Revival.... D8? Anybody remember that? by Crossfire (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @06:12PM
Screw it, go DVD-RAM by Anonymous Freak (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @01:43PM
tape always quotes compressed capacity by wmeyer (Score:1) Tuesday April 13 1999, @12:35AM
tape always quotes compressed capacity by wmeyer (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @02:35PM
30GB compressed - zips are compressed, too by Artifex (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @03:04PM
Foghat on my 8-Track! ...not. by Chmarr (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @06:18PM
OnStream Drives and Linux by brumeister1 (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @10:11AM
These are tape units though.. by austad (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @12:19PM
ORB drives by The Stranger (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @04:02PM
Onstream Test by Lazarus_99 (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @08:02AM
Linear, not random access. :( by Friedla (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @05:20AM
Are 2MB/sec == 3GB/hour ??? You must be confused! by Dr. Worm (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @01:41PM
That you're a cheap loser? by -Surak- (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @07:36PM
Dilbert parody site by Rectal Prolapse (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @07:57PM
The SCSI models should be easy to get working.. by leereyno (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @06:58PM
Tape by leereyno (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @07:01PM
Foghat on my 8-Track! by CabanaBoy (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @03:38PM
Foghat on my 8-Track! ...not. by CabanaBoy (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @10:02AM
No no, Jazz stores 2GB by Breace (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @03:04PM
Linear, not random access. :( by chill (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @09:11AM
All that space.... by tiny69 (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @01:12PM
Are 2MB/sec == 3GB/hour ??? You must be confused! by Damien Steele (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @02:15PM
That is disgusting! by collar (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @10:03PM
This drive for Linux by NetHunter (Score:1) Monday April 12 1999, @06:56AM
Not available by PDG (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @03:13PM
Not available by PDG (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @07:04PM
Screw it, go DVD-RAM by ticked (Score:1) Sunday April 11 1999, @03:43PM
15 gigs buddy by heroine (Score:2) Sunday April 11 1999, @01:19PM
30G ? Look again. by hilander (Score:2) Sunday April 11 1999, @01:05PM
Philips with an s by Jacco de Leeuw (Score:2) Sunday April 11 1999, @12:50PM
Moronized HTML on web site. by SEWilco (Score:2) Monday April 12 1999, @08:56AM
Nice looking, but... by CricketGod (Score:2) Sunday April 11 1999, @01:18PM
Nothing special except the price... by -Surak- (Score:2) Sunday April 11 1999, @02:25PM
OS complaints by hankaholic (Score:2) Sunday April 11 1999, @11:07PM
Does CT read what we send him? (Score:3)

by CodeShark (17400) <ellsworthpc @ y a h o o . c om> on Monday April 12 1999, @09:11AM (#1939630) Homepage

Not that I have any insider information on what CT does in his (dripping sarcasm) "copious" spare time, but let me offer an observation: there are only so many hours in a day to keep /. operational, let alone reviewing stories and trying to separate the duplicated submissions, post the best one, etc. As an example, a few days ago I submitted an item (no, I haven't seen it yet either) and there were more than 110 submissions pending. NOT BECAUSE ANYONE AT /. IS LAZY, but because we tend to overwhelm them with our responsiveness. (AKA, the /. effect)
What I do know is that this site is (IMHO) improving rapidly. The new moderation system seems to promote layers of quality, and the better comments/commentors seem to rise to the top.
My bottom line has been (suggestion for all to think about here) support /., keep coming back, do your best work in posting comments and submitting stories, and be patient with the guys at the back end.
They ARE listening, and quality does seem to be rewarded here.
Question... (Score:4)

by Anonymous Shepherd (17338) on Sunday April 11 1999, @02:41PM (#1939631) Homepage

What a waste of alignment points... Oh well.

This, as been aptly pointed out by many in the forum, is a tape drive, with uncompressed storage close to 15GB or 25GB on a variable speed media. Evidently it also has data write speeds up to 2mb/s, and currently supports only Windows solutions with Linux support soon, and other OSes such as Mac at a later date...

Why are they targetting the Windows market? Are there that many Windows systems that need tape backup that it makes more sense to do Windows first and Linux/Unix second? I thought servers with high data requirements were still predominantly Unix boxes, though perhaps they aren't targetting servers. Who is their target market then?

Maybe some clued in Windows sysadmin will be able to tell me differently, or someone will know of a use that begs for this solution in the large Windows desktop market, or perhaps the workstation market?

AS
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