Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 19:12:30 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@ppp-207-193-2-76.kscymo.swbell.net> To: bharat@menalto.com (Bharat Mediratta) Cc: Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Workstation Backup Device advice Message-ID: <200002260112.TAA17343@ppp-207-193-2-76.kscymo.swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <NDBBKDIKOLJOLALGCEBCIEBJCJAA.bharat@menalto.com>
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In reply: > > > > Can anyone recommend the cheapest/most reliable backup device supported by > > FreeBSD 3.4 (must be tape media), which will carry minimum of 4G a tape > > (I'm not switching them over too much!). SCSI is a must! I'm not willing > > to spend DAT drive money. > > > > Thanks > > > > Chris Smith > > Raytheon Systems Limited UK > > > > Chris Smith Don't rule out DAT drives. I have a couple of HP C1533A drive that i bought for $125 apiece used. works great. As a DDS-2 drive it will do 4G native and 8G compressed. Mine were through a private sale from someone I knew, but I'm sure ebay pricing should be equivilant. I bought mine 2 years ago at that price when ebay pricing was 2-3x that. Remember one thing, even if you do pay a little more than i did, compared to Travan and DLT, DDS-2 drives pay for themselves in the prices for the media itself. i normally pay from $0.50 to $1.00 for 60m tapes, $1.00 to $2.50 for 90m tapes, and $2.50 to $5.00 for 120m tapes, all shrink-wrapped, all on ebay. Keep an eye on DDS-3 [12G/24G] pricing, it's really been dropping lately. DDS-2 is still the most cost-effective though for the hardware. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM kc5vdj@swbell.net IC-706MkII - IC-T81A - HTX-202 - HTX-212 - HTX-404 - KPC3+ - PK-232MBX/DSP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ET has one helluva sense of humor, always anal-probing right-wing schizos! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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