Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 10:24:53 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Segate Tape stor 3200MB Message-ID: <19971222102453.31775@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199712211020.LAA00438@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Sun, Dec 21, 1997 at 11:20:20AM %2B0100 References: <199712200941.KAA29224@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199712210212.UAA14247@nospam.hiwaay.net> <199712211020.LAA00438@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Sun, Dec 21, 1997 at 11:20:20AM +0100, J Wunsch wrote: > In (not only) my experience, DAT doesn't last that long. The drives > last at most two years (daily use) until they are worn out, and a > repair is usually in the same price range as a new drive. I contributed significantly to that report. I had a series of HP 35480As (DDS-1) which each lasted about 6 months. Things have changed. I have had no trouble with more recent DDS-2 drives, including the Archive changer I'm currently using. I've heard of problems with refurbished drives, though. > Media life is short, too. I've had no trouble at all with this. I have retired some tapes which I've been using twice-weekly (16 hours tape motion per week) after about 18 months. I don't think that's unreasonable, especially when you consider that a 90m DDS tape costs about $1.50 per gigabyte, compared to about $45 per gigabyte for a QIC-525. Greg
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