Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 14:37:56 -0400 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: axel.gruner@suedfactoring.de Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape Message-ID: <D1531B46-A5D5-11D8-820E-003065ABFD92@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <40A47DD0.5020309@suedfactoring.de> References: <40A47DD0.5020309@suedfactoring.de>
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On May 14, 2004, at 4:05 AM, Axel S. Gruner wrote: > I am looking for a good Tape drive (ok, Ultrium 2 LTO is just a little > bit to expensive ;-)). The Tape Drive should be a DLT Drive with 40/80 > GB per tape. Also i want to use FreeBSD 5.x and the Server will be a > IBM x345 machine. Backup Software is "bacula". [ ... ] > I found one, the Freecom TAPEWARE DLT-VS80 ES SCSI, but i do not know > if this one is a good on or not. Quantum is the vendor who originated the DLT format, and I would recommend picking up a Quantum DLT 8000 model if it doesn't cost much more than the one you mention above. I've never heard of Freecom, although they may be fine, there is something to be said for buying from a vendor you know. DLT is a very good tape format, though... -- -Chuck
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