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Table 2: Relative Ranking of System Attributes

CHARACTERISTIC 4mm MO CD-R 19mm VHS Beta 3590 DLT2000 DLT 4000 8mm
Low Initial System Cost excel excel fair poor good poor good excel fair excel
Low Media Cost excel good excel poor excel good excel fair excel
High Single Media Cap poor poor poor excel good good fair fair fair poor
Support Hardware Compress yes no no no yes no yes yes yes yes
High System Throughput poor fair poor excel fair excel excel fair fair poor
Low System Complexity poor fair poor excel good good good fair good poor
High System Capacity fair fair poor excel excel excel poor excel excel good
Easy System Expansion poor good poor good excel good fair excel excel excel
Long Head Life poor excel excel fair poor fair excel excel excel poor
Long Media Life fair excel excel fair fair fair good good good poor
Low Bit Error Rate excel poor poor good fair excel ?? excel excel excel
File Search Rate poor excel excel good good good good fair fair poor
Media Change Time good poor excel fair excel good poor good good good

Relative Scale: Poor, Fair, Good, Excel


 

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