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Date:      Fri, 13 Aug 1999 01:10:50 GMT
From:      mike@sentex.net (Mike Tancsa)
To:        evablunted@earthling.net ("Langa Kentane")
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Best tape drive to buy
Message-ID:  <37b36f41.739411187@mail.sentex.net>
In-Reply-To: <MAIL001801bc3858$434bcd50$0a01a8c0@sunshine.co.za>
References:  <MAIL001801bc3858$434bcd50$0a01a8c0@sunshine.co.za>

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On 12 Aug 1999 08:36:36 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote:

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>Can you guys recommend a tape drive for me to buy that will not be too =
>much hassle to install and one that is best supported by FreeBSD

I have been quite pleased with our Segate DDS3 DAT drive (12GIG
uncompressed).  No fuss, no muss...

sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
sa0: <ARCHIVE Python 04106-XXX 7270> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2
device 
sa0: 7.812MB/s transfers (7.812MHz, offset 15)

Not bad speed...

  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Aug 12 20:54:39 1999
  DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/rwd0s1a (/) to /dev/nrsa0
  DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
  DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
  DUMP: estimated 75649 tape blocks on 0.01 tape(s).
  DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
  DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
  DUMP: DUMP: 75670 tape blocks on 1 volumes(s)
  DUMP: finished in 105 seconds, throughput 720 KBytes/sec
  DUMP: level 0 dump on Thu Aug 12 20:54:39 1999
  DUMP: Closing /dev/nrsa0
  DUMP: DUMP IS DONE

	---Mike
Mike Tancsa  (mdtancsa@sentex.net)		
Sentex Communications Corp,   		
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
"Who is this 'BSD', and why should we free him?"


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