Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 09:00:06 -0700 (PWT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Karl Denninger <karl@Denninger.Net> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question - Onstream SCSI Streamer Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9905070853180.516-100000@feral.com> In-Reply-To: <19990507103814.B431@Denninger.Net>
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> On Fri, May 07, 1999 at 08:33:41AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > On Fri, 7 May 1999, Karl Denninger wrote: > > > > > Hmmm.... immediate rewinds? You mean implied rewinds on close, and no way > > > to override them? That would limit you to one dump per tape, no? > > > > No, the 'immediate bit' in a rewind. > > Ah. Ok. > > That would, I think, be relatively quick to take care of, no? Yes. > > Software filemarks (the drive doesn't know how to write them?!) could be a > bigger problem. Yes. Onstream has said that they want to specify more carefully what the soft filemarks will look like. > > > > I'm willing to take a look at this (since I have one) provided I can wrangle > > > enough information to actually do so. > > > > > > > I'm waiting for that information myself. > > Hmmm... that sounds like an indefinite timeframe. No- they've said they'd get that information and unit to me RSN. I believe they're doing the manual this month. I expect to get a unit and a manual by the end of June at the latest. It'll take a couple weeks of work I suspect- there's more than just the rewind, etc..But no promises. > > Does anyone have hacks to get even partial functionality? I'm flat-out of > reasonable options with the DATs that I've been using (you know, the old > "data grows" problem) and I've got the fun problem of either finding a > solution to this via the ADR drives or returning it and going with DLT > (about 4x the price). Oddly enough I've found the HP T20 Travan-5 a reasonable price performer- but if you're saying a DDS3 isn't doing it for you, that's not an option. What's the limiting factor? Cost? At 12GB nominal per tape for a DDS-3 you'll need 4-5 to match each Onstream cartridge- so you get a bigger jukebox. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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