Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 13:04:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Which tape drive: CTD8000, C1533A, STD28000N, or STD5000? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910061259170.3544-100000@mug.adhesivemedia.com>
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Hello - I'm looking at getting a tape drive and from all my searching and reading it seems like DAT/DDS is the way to go. I'm looking at the 4/8GB SCSI drives. basoncomputer.com has the following drives: 8.0GB Conner CTD8000 SCSI DAT $329 8.0GB Hewlett Packerd C1533A SCSI DAT $319 8.0GB Seagate STD28000N SCSI DAT $395 8.0GB Sony STD5000 SCSI DAT $319 Here's what I think I know about these drives: Conner - Not a thing. Can't find any info on it on the net, nor any good/bad posts in these mailing lists. HP - Nothing on their site other than it's discontinued, and several people mentioning they've had problems. Seagate - Sounds like a good drive, several good posts about it. Sony - Nothing on their site, some posts saying it's great, other's saying it sucks. Which drive should I get? I don't mind spending the money for the Seagate, but if I don't have to, why should I? Thanks! Please reply via email as I'm not subscribe to the lists yet. -philip To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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