Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 11:33:24 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>, "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu Subject: Re: DDS alternative Message-ID: <19990101113324.Z39598@freebie.lemis.com> 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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On Thursday, 31 December 1998 at 20:24:11 +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > As Louis A. Mamakos wrote... >>> As Chris Timmons wrote: >>> >>>> What sort of FreeBSD compatible HW do you recommend in lieue of DDS >>>> tape? >> >> Just to chime in on the other side, I've been using DAT tapes for quite a >> few years, starting with an Archive Python DDS-1 drive and lately with a >> DDS-2 Archive/Seagate 4 slot changer. These drives have proven to be >> reliable for me in a fairly light duty cycle application. I also just >> picked up (at work) an HP DDS-3, 6 slot changer. This looks pretty >> sweet, with DDS-3 giving you 12GB (about 24GB compressed capacity) per >> tape. >> >> 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? Frequently. I read tapes written 5 years ago. That's the part that works :-) > I've heared to much horror stories about unreadable DAT tapes to > trust them... The trouble I have (and continue to have) is that the things have such a short life. I used to do a complete backup (4 hours tape motion) every night. Under those circumstances, the old DDS-1 drives lasted about 6 months, and the DDS-2 last about 18 months. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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