Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 21:08:56 -0600 From: Bill Hamilton <bhamil@cmpu.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Tape Drive Recommendations? Message-ID: <3681B047.4D5287A4@cmpu.net> References: <19981223143817.Y85005@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.91.981222210109.2405D-100000@dsinw.com> <19981224120758.B12346@freebie.lemis.com>
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Related question: Is the Iomega Jaz supported under FreeBSD? Wouldn't that be cheaper than most tape drives? (Granted, you only have 2gb per cartidge and they are more costly that tape.) > > For the price of some of the high-end Exobyte tapes, I'd probally build > > a second machine to backup too. Even if you're low on money, a 2nd hard > > drive will still be a good investment. > > They're still *very* expensive compared to disks. The cheapest DDS > drives cost about $500. For that you can buy a couple of 8 GB disk > drives, and that might be a better way to do backups :-) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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