Date: 27 Sep 1997 08:06:43 +0200 From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any SCSI Tape Drive OK? Message-ID: <87wwk370jw.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: dkelly@hiwaay.net's message of Thu, 25 Sep 1997 23:49:03 -0500 References: <87hgb8q7ow.fsf@totally-fudged-out-message-id>
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>> On Thu, 25 Sep 1997 23:49:03 -0500, dkelly@hiwaay.net said:
d> Jim Marker writes:
>>
>> I am considering buying a Seagate 4-8 Gig Tape Drive for my FreeBSD
>> system. Any opinions? It is very inexpensive ($409) compared to the
>> other 4-8 Gig Drives out there.
d> It is a DAT, right? Running a Real OS, you want Real HD's (SCSI) and
d> Real Tape Drives (4mm DAT, 8mm, or the big QIC format, on SCSI). None
d> of those cheapo junk PC products on floppy or ATAPI/IDE interfaces.
d> As a point of curiosity, wondering where you're seeing that price, if
d> its the drive I'm thinking about. Found my 3 drives at
Probably, for that price, it is Travan TR-4, which also is available
with SCSI. Its only drawback compared to DAT is very slow seeking;
read/write isn't much slower (it's like DDS-2).
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