From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 10 19:07:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA20459 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 19:07:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bamboo.verinet.com (bamboo.verinet.com [204.144.246.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA20454 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 19:07:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Received: from struct. (algae7.verinet.com [199.45.181.103]) by bamboo.verinet.com (8.8.8/8.7.1) with ESMTP id UAA19890; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 20:07:47 -0600 Received: from verinet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by struct. (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA22116; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 20:07:22 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Message-ID: <35F885D9.6BBD25D7@verinet.com> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 20:07:22 -0600 From: Allen Campbell X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b1 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: chad@dcfinc.com CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI tape drives References: <199809100630.XAA08373@freebie.dcfinc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chad R. Larson wrote: > > I've been using an HP DDS-2 4mm DAT drive quite successfully on a > FreeBSD machine at my office. > > I was browsing the Insight web site for SCSI tape drives under $600 for > use at home, and found the expected 8mm and 4mm tapes. > > However, I found that Segate, HP and a couple of others were selling > Travan (TR-4) drives (4 GB native capacity in) SCSI versions for a couple > of hundred bucks less than the 4mm DAT drives. > > Does anyone here have any experience with SCSI Travan drives under > FreeBSD? If so, how are they working out? I bought the HP TR-4 about four months ago. The media is expensive, but it lasts. I see about 300 KB/s using tar with compression. I don't know if I would see better performance with dump but I suspect as much; I use it to backup about 200 MB of selected trees nightly. As far as FreeBSD is concerned it's just another SCSI tape device. TR-4 is a nice setup for home office use. It beats the lesser QICs by a great deal, but it still does not belong in a production environment. -- Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the allenc@verinet.com | gravity well, getting old. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message