From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Oct 5 01:18:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA29891 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 01:18:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ren.dtir.qld.gov.au (ns.dtir.qld.gov.au [203.108.138.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA29886 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 01:18:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au) Received: by ren.dtir.qld.gov.au; id SAA24223; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:17:40 +1000 (EST) Received: from ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au(167.123.8.3) by ren.dtir.qld.gov.au via smap (3.2) id xma024215; Mon, 5 Oct 98 18:17:17 +1000 Received: from atlas.dtir.qld.gov.au (atlas.dtir.qld.gov.au [167.123.8.9]) by ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA01288; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:17:17 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au (nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au [167.123.10.10]) by atlas.dtir.qld.gov.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA11598; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:17:16 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au (localhost.dtir.qld.gov.au [127.0.0.1]) by nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA21031; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:17:15 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from syssgm@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au) Message-Id: <199810050817.SAA21031@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> To: "Duncan Barclay" cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: Exabyte 8200 References: <199810021421.HAA01170@mailgate.cadence.com> In-Reply-To: <199810021421.HAA01170@mailgate.cadence.com> from "Duncan Barclay" at "Fri, 02 Oct 1998 15:21:23 +0000" Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 18:17:14 +1000 From: Stephen McKay Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Friday, 2nd October 1998, "Duncan Barclay" wrote: >> As I recal, the only real problem with a Cybernetic tape drive is >> the compression is vendor unique. > >Doesn't matter as it's for home use. And I only need to back up a >gigabyte or so. I would dispute this. Your cheap custom tape drive is likely to expire before your disk, and then you are left with a pile of unreadable backups. Write uncompressed tapes, and use software compression if you want to save time/space. Then you at least have the option of recovering your files at work if, say, a burglar takes a liking to your backup device. Stephen. PS Every time I post about Exabytes I ask if anyone knows how to query one about its error rate (or other head cleaning related notifications). No, I can't find this on the Exabyte site, and yes, I've looked. I would be happy to be proven an idiot by being given an URL showing actual information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message