From owner-freebsd-scsi Fri Jan 1 02:21:05 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA25588 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 02:21:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA25583 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 02:21:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id LAA00530 for scsi@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 11:20:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA09065; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 11:19:53 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from j) Message-ID: <19990101111952.22869@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 11:19:52 +0100 From: J Wunsch To: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DDS alternative Reply-To: Joerg Wunsch References: <199812311825.NAA38381@whizzo.transsys.com> <199812311924.UAA18718@yedi.iaf.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <199812311924.UAA18718@yedi.iaf.nl>; from Wilko Bulte on Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 08:24:11PM +0100 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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