From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Sep 10 17:27:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA04716 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 17:27:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@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 RAA04697 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 17:27:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt3-100.HiWAAY.net [208.147.146.100]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id TAA19693 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 19:27:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA09944 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 19:26:52 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199809110026.TAA09944@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: SCSI tape drives In-reply-to: Message from User GregGreg Shenaut of "Thu, 10 Sep 1998 06:59:44 PDT." <199809101359.GAA23021@deal1.bogs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 19:26:51 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG User GregGreg Shenaut writes: > In message <199809100630.XAA08373@freebie.dcfinc.com> "Chad R. Larson" writes > : > : Does anyone here have any experience with SCSI Travan drives under > : FreeBSD? If so, how are they working out? > > I have also been considering Travan drives, but have sort of decided > that you have to include the cost of 10-20 tape cartridges into > the cost; when you do this, the cost advantage of Travan evaporates > considerably. I have to agree. When you have an expensive tape, you tend to reuse it. And reuse it. And reuse it. But with cheap $6 tapes one can have a pile of them, and afford to put one away every couple of months for possible future entertainment ("What was I doing in 1998?"). I have several Seagate/Conner/Archive 4236 2/4/8G 4mm drives at home and work. Love 'em. They are not the fastest anymore (400k/sec honest uncompressed rate) but have been very reliable. Last time I looked Bason Computers (http://www.basoncomputers.com) had them for $399 each (internal). Was at an unclaimed baggage store a couple of years ago and got a 1st generation Archive 4mm external for $50. It was a risk, but it works perfectly at a whopping 170k/sec rate. About 5 of us at work go thru about 2,000 4mm tapes and 5,000 8mm tapes per year. We don't like our Sony SDT-5200 4mm drives, but we love Sony 4mm and 8mm media. -- 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-stable" in the body of the message