From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 1 18:53:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA08268 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 May 1998 18:53:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA08257 for ; Fri, 1 May 1998 18:53:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt3-248.HiWAAY.net [208.147.146.248]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id UAA21031; Fri, 1 May 1998 20:53:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id UAA24819; Fri, 1 May 1998 20:15:05 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199805020115.UAA24819@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Johann Visagie cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: DLT or AIT? In-reply-to: Message from Johann Visagie of "Sat, 01 May 1998 16:31:30 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 20:15:04 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Johann Visagie writes: > Pardon the slightly off-topic post... > > For high capacity tape backups under FreeBSD, are there any particular > reasons to prefer either DLT or AIT technology? > > I'm currently evaluating a Seagate Sidewinder 50 AIT drive, and I must say it > seems to perform like a charm... I've been very happy over the years with Seagate/Conner/Archive tape drives (but not Conner HD's). Don't have a AIT. Yet. If the AIT drive will use (in addition to the AIT tapes) the very common cheap 8mm digital tapes then the AIT would be an easy choice for me over the DLT. There are lots of backup jobs that "only" require 5G ($6 tape) that might not be done if you had to dig for a $40 tape. -- 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