Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 11:20:20 +0100 (MET) From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Segate Tape stor 3200MB Message-ID: <199712211020.LAA00438@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <199712200941.KAA29224@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199712210212.UAA14247@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> wrote: > That would be an Arcive Anaconda 2750? Yep, i think so. > QIC-9130, uses the *real* QIC > tapes such as QIC-150 a.k.a. DC6150, and eveything in between. Think I > got my two at Onsale for about $139 each. That's a reasonable price, given the robustness of good ol' QIC, compared to these el-cheapo technologies. > OTOH Archive DDS-1 drives > have been aproaching the $225 price. In (not only) my experience, DAT doesn't last that long. The drives last at most two years (daily use) until they are worn out, and a repair is usually in the same price range as a new drive. Media life is short, too. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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