From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Aug 22 12:06:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA26507 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 22 Aug 1997 12:06:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from absinthe.i3inc.com (Absinthe.i3inc.com [208.218.26.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA26497 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 1997 12:06:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by absinthe.i3inc.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id PAA00857; Fri, 22 Aug 1997 15:03:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708221903.PAA00857@absinthe.i3inc.com> X-Authentication-Warning: absinthe.i3inc.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: cassy@loop.com Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape Drives for backups? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Aug 1997 18:11:03 -0700 (PDT)" References: X-Mailer: Mew version 1.03 on Emacs 19.34.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 15:03:43 -0400 From: Chris Shenton Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 21 Aug 1997 18:11:03 -0700 (PDT) Cassandra Perkins wrote: cassy> Thanks for all the replies. Purchasing a Travan-4 drives seems cassy> to be the direction I'm going. The tapes are costly, but if cassy> they are as reliable as the 8mm tapes, it's worth it. The cost cassy> of the TR-4 drives are reasonable compared to a Exabyte 8mm cassy> tape drive, handling the same capacity. The tapes I believe cassy> are close in price. Let me know if you find a place selling the TR-4 tapes for less than $30 each, in single quantities. Some jokers want $39, and the lowest I've seen at Ham Fests has been about $32.