FR> RV> It was kinda suppost to be a temporary low cost sollution ;-) FR> RV> 
It's only some second-handed tape streamer I could get for a FR> RV> price 
... No seriously, I am thinking about buying a SCSI card FR> RV> and a JAZZ 
drive in a few months. (Faster, easier, ...)
FR>However, the media is REALLY expensive.  $100 US for 1 gig is much 
FR>higher than $20 for a 4 gig DDS-2 tape.  Various vendors on the Web 
FR>have DDS2 tape drive reasonable.   $650 or less.
 JB> Sorry to jump in here but I have been having the same discussion with 
 JB> others.  One question we had was whether a Jazz drive could read Zip 
 JB> drive media or not ?  I know it could be a stupid question but I've not 
 JB> had the time/opportunity to work with either yet.  One thing to keep in 
 JB> mind for your discussion is what drives are supported by the backup 
 JB> software and what is the difference in speed between a Jazz drive and a 
 JB> streaming tape drive.
I have never seen anything that suggests a Jazz drive could read Zip media.  
My guess is no.  If it were possible, Iomega would be shouting about it.
Your observation about speed is right on target.  Everything is a trade off.  
Tape is cheap, sequential access media.  Jazz is more expensive, random 
access.  Hard drives are the most expensive ramdom access.  Most times you 
get what you pay for.
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