Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 12:10:25 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Tape Drive Recommendations? Message-ID: <19981224121025.C12346@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19981223010016.B4910@drwho.xnet.com>; from Michael Maxwell on Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 01:00:16AM -0600 References: <19981219214449.A13107@drwho.xnet.com> <19981223143817.Y85005@freebie.lemis.com> <19981223010016.B4910@drwho.xnet.com>
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On Wednesday, 23 December 1998 at 1:00:16 -0600, Michael Maxwell wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 02:38:17PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >> The silence is deafening, isn't it? The question is ``reliable''. I >> find most tape units unreliable. At the moment I'm still using DDS >> drives, but I haven't had any that have survived more than two years, >> and refurbishing seems to be a waste of money. General consensus is >> that Travan drives are even worse than DDS or Exabyte, but that may be >> prejudice. > ---end quoted text--- > > Well, I"ve gotten a few responses via email, but we'll see what turns up... > > Is anyone familiar with the HP T4 internal "Surestore" drives? Maybe. I wish HP wouldn't use these silly marketing names. They have part numbers, too, but it's a pain finding them. Don't buy a DDS-1 such as the C1536. They're old technology, and even less reliable than the others. > Are they supported in BSD (no mention in the handbook, but then...)? If they're DDS drives, definitely "yes". > Chances are, I'll probably have to settle for one of those since > they are about all I can afford (the only thing better I"ve seen is > the Exabyte 8700LT 8mm external, and I don't like it precisely > *because* it's external and it looks more like a Sony Walkman than a > tape drive). What's wrong with it being external? Yes, it looks silly, but it seems to be a good drive (and, before you ask, yes, it's supported). > if nothing else, I may be able to get my hands on two internal exabyte > 8mm drives off our old AS/400 at work, but they are *quite* used, and I'd > have a hard time relying on them... especially considering they've been > serviced more times than I can count... Used Exabytes are seldom a good choice, and you may find that they store a lot less data than you think. 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-questions" in the body of the message
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