Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:25:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> To: louie@TransSys.COM (Louis A. Mamakos) Cc: black@zen.cypher.net, rls@mail.id.net, paul@mu.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Archive Tape Autochanger Message-ID: <199706030425.VAA24919@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <199706030323.XAA14820@whizzo.TransSys.COM> from "Louis A. Mamakos" at "Jun 2, 97 11:23:18 pm"
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> I'm wondering what experiences in general people have had with the CSC > Archive DAT changer. For $349, it seem like a pretty good deal; I'm > just wondering why they're dumping them at this price? Is it because of > the new DDS3 drives just on the market, or is there some horrible > reliability problem with the driver? > > I've currently got an old Archive Python DDS-1 drive (yup, no compression). > Having just recovered from a busted disk, I'm wishing that I had taken the > opportunity to do more frequent (unattended) dumps; hence the attraction of > the autochanger. > > louie > > > The CSC are probably refurbished drives, not new drives. Ulf. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073
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