Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 11:19:52 +0100 From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DDS alternative Message-ID: <19990101111952.22869@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199812311924.UAA18718@yedi.iaf.nl>; from Wilko Bulte on Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 08:24:11PM %2B0100 References: <199812311825.NAA38381@whizzo.transsys.com> <199812311924.UAA18718@yedi.iaf.nl>
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As Wilko Bulte wrote: > > The media is pretty cost-effective, which you should be sure to take > > into account when comparing the alternatives. > > Ever tried to read a tape written a year ago? I've heared to much horror > stories about unreadable DAT tapes to trust them... DDS media interchangeability between different devices (of different vintage and vendor) has also proven to be a problem for us. We've been using DDS until recently in the company for daily backups (with rotating tapes, in case a single one fails), and are using DLT now. We're happy about the switch, it gives us a much warmer feeling. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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