From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 24 11:04:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA06767 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 11:04:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA06762 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 11:04:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt1-121.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.121]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id NAA31732; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:03:58 -0600 (CST) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA01402; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:03:51 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <199812241903.NAA01402@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Bill Hamilton cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: SCSI Tape Drive Recommendations? In-reply-to: Message from Bill Hamilton of "Wed, 23 Dec 1998 21:08:56 CST." <3681B047.4D5287A4@cmpu.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:03:51 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bill Hamilton writes: > 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.) What are Jaz selling for now? $235 for the drive, $100 for each 2G platter? Just shooting at prices its very easy to spend more on media than on the drive. I feel uncomfortable if I don't have at least 10 pieces of media laying around for my backup system. IMHO a much better value is the Conner 4326 DDS-2 drive for $399 (2G to 4G, more if compression works for you) on $6 (90M DDS-1) to $12 (120M DDS-2) tapes. Haven't bought from there, and their site doesn't seem to work very well at the moment but http://www.basoncomputers.com/ carries the 4326. Finally, now their (aparently NT web server) is doing its job: http://www.basoncomputer.com/td/td.htm The Conner 8000 is a newer generation of the Conner (actually Archive relabled Conner, supported by Seagate) 4326. Performance is the same. Saving $20 the Conner 4324 is a 4326 without compression. IMHO spend the $20. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message