9 track capacity

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Sat Jun 29 20:46:04 2002

Well... 1200 feet long, 12 inches per foot, probably either 800, 1600 or
6250 BPI (bits per inch)... And 9 tracks of data, probably 8 bits to a byte.

Well it depends on your data block size, and estimate of length of gaps
between blocks i suppose. Assuming that you are writing just one file
to the tape, such as a TAR file, so we dont have to consider end of file
gaps.

-Lawrence LeMay

> Help, I've forgotten. What's the storage capacity of a 1200' 9 track
> magtape.
>
> TIA
>
> Jim
>
Received on Sat Jun 29 2002 - 20:46:04 BST

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