Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 22:22:46 +0100 From: "Michel Gravey" <admin@optogone.com> To: "Holger Kipp" <holger.kipp@alogis.com>, "David La Croix" <DavidLa@dunnsolutions.com>, "Harald Schmalzbauer" <Harald.Schmalzbauer@wearix.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Onstream SC30 support Message-ID: <066801c1d69e$b58bcf20$1000a8c0@vaio> References: <060a01c1d683$cbd83a90$1000a8c0@vaio> <3CA35EBA.559AD6A5@alogis.com> <061201c1d688$4d291980$1000a8c0@vaio> <3CA36980.76286508@alogis.com>
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It's seems that onstream sc30 tape drive is not a good choice for FreeBSD. So, onstream adr30 should work well. I'm not sure I will use this one. dds or dat is maybe a better solution. Does anyone know good tape drive (native capacity 15-25 gig) for FreeBSD. I couldn't find anything related to ?ETRIXC? on the web. So if anyone have a suggestion, I'm interested. Michel >Hello, AFAIK SC30 is quiet old and the driver has never been finished. I >have been using the ADR50 (there is also an ADR30) for two years. It's a >standard SCSI-Tape, so ist works well with FreeBSD. But I had some >mechanical problems with OnStream (I had four drives). >Have a look at the ???ETRIXC??? It's a frech vendor, they supported >FreeBSD some time ago and their drives have a very good reputation, >especially recovering data on not-so-well stored media. >-Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: "David La Croix" <DavidLa@dunnsolutions.com> To: "'Michel Gravey'" <admin@optogone.com> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:39 PM Subject: RE: Onstream SC30 support > We use these at my company (not on FreeBSD though) ... and I personally am > not satisfied with their performance / support. > > The tape loading mechanism seems to jam often -- The cost per tape is not > very good either. IIRC -- they're only 15G drives -- they rarely meet the > full 30Gig advertised compression rate. The tape jamming problem became a > serious issue -- It was difficult for a not-admin (receptionist) responsible > for rotating tapes to know if the tapes were loaded correctly -- the backups > frequently failed. > > (the company I work for uses the SC30s for NT/Exchange backups on Backup > Exec -- I prefer DDS[234] drives) > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holger Kipp" <holger.kipp@alogis.com> To: "Michel Gravey" <admin@optogone.com> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:05 PM Subject: Re: Onstream SC30 support > Michel Gravey wrote: > > > > I have some problems using the onstream di 30 (atapi) with freebsd that's > > why I'm asking if the scsi version will work correctly. The di 30 is an > > atapi tape drive but I couldn't get it working with freebsd. > > Any help appreciated, > > > > The Onstream SC30 is a SCSI tapedrive, so it should work just fine > > > with FreeBSD. > > I feel like an idiot - should have done propper searching... (at least, > google is my friend ;-) Typing in onstream sc30 freebsd gives: > > - Looks like the sc30 is NOT a standard SCSI-2 device. > - Hmm, and Darryl Okahata wrote (28.08.1999) that is is not supported. > (I couldn't find any later messages saying 'works now'...) > So my best suggestion is to go for a standard tape drive, or ask > onstream directly (some of their newer products look like they do > support standard SCSI). > > Sorry for the misinformation. Mea maxima culpa. > > Regards, > Holger > > -- > Holger Kipp, Dipl.-Math., Systemadministrator | alogis AG > Fon: +49 (0)30 / 43 65 8 - 114 | Berliner Strasse 26 > Fax: +49 (0)30 / 43 65 8 - 214 | D-13507 Berlin Tegel > email: holger.kipp@alogis.com | http://www.alogis.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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