Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 10:47:57 -0800 From: Sean Kelly <kelly@ad1440.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Tape experience and advice Message-ID: <200103111847.KAA25866@ad1440.net>
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Folks: I had my last DDS drive put down. It served me fairly well for a couple years, and I'll miss it. But now it's time to stop running on "autopilot" and get a new backup system. I'd like to stay away from helical scan systems since we just don't seem to get along, having had two DDS drives and two VCRs die on me in well under their expected lifetimes. SCSI is fine, and I don't care about speed. I'm looking to back up at a minimum 8GB per night. I'd like to keep costs low, both drive and media. What's everyone else's advice? OnStream's technology looks pretty good in the form of their ADR-50 drive. But 50GB is more than I'll ever need (at least, I think so). eCrix's VXA demonstrations are impressive, what with frozen and coffee soaked tapes, but that's helical scan again, isn't it? Thanks for any input. --Sean To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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