From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 06:15:56 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: RE: Brute Force DES
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"Chris Adams" <adamsc@io-online.com> writes:
> >What's the cheapest form of storage, magtape? How much can you store on
> >magtape? The entries can be sorted so that lookup doesn't take long even
> >when you have to mount tapes. 
> 
> Hmmmm... Don't they have some of those 8mm tapes that go to 4-8GM per
> tape? Anyone have access to one?

One can also have an index to the data on faster storage: that's how I usually
store the data on tapes.

One note about these huge 8mm tapes (like the ones from Exabyte): random seeking
them is very slow.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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