Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 08:06:14 -0500 From: "Lester P. Wang" <lpwang@stoner.sinet.com> To: "Matthew Hunt" <mph@pobox.com>, "Doug White" <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: "Jim Marker" <jemstone@ifx.net>, <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Any SCSI Tape Drive OK? Message-ID: <m0xEaVl-0003c6C@stoner.sinet.com>
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I just bought an Archive 4586NPR external model for $379 from CSC. (http://www.corpsys.com) The tape drive is an autoloading tape drive that can hold up to 12 DAT drives. Mine appears completely new. These are sold as refurbished. According to the sales person, they found a warehouse full of them. Archive was bought out by Conner. Conner was bought out by Seagate. The drive is also known as a Seagate 4586NPR. From what I have read from the web, it works with FreeBSD and Amanda. I am in the process of getting my system up. P.S. The internal model is $279. From what I have heard, it takes up more than one FH slot because of the cartridge. ---------- > From: Matthew Hunt <hunt@mph124.rh.psu.edu> > To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> > Cc: Jim Marker <jemstone@ifx.net>; FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Any SCSI Tape Drive OK? > Date: Friday, September 26, 1997 7:02 AM > > On Thu, Sep 25, 1997 at 10:35:27PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > > > > I am considering buying a Seagate 4-8 Gig Tape Drive for my FreeBSD > > > system. Any opinions? It is very inexpensive ($409) compared to the > > > other 4-8 Gig Drives out there. > > > > Question is, what does this interface to? If it is SCSI, then that is > > pretty cool; I bet it goes on the floppy tape or IDE controllers, in which > > case it isn't supported. > > I bet it doesn't, in which case it is. > > It looks like the external SCSI version of the TR-4 drive. I have > the internal SCSI version (which sells for about $360, as does the > internal IDE version). Assuming I've ID'd it right (the original > poster should have mentioned the model number) there are no > problems using it with FreeBSD. > > Note that media for the drive are pricy, in excess of $30 per > 4GB native tape. But it seems like a nice deal if you'll only > need a few tapes. > > -- > Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> * Think locally, act globally. > finger hunt@mph124.rh.psu.edu for PGP public key.
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