From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 1 17:19:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA19858 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 17:19:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA19797 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 17:17:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA08733; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 11:07:21 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604020137.LAA08733@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: looking for large-capacity tape recommendations, discommendations, comments To: john@starfire.mn.org Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 11:07:21 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199604011618.KAA27598@starfire.mn.org> from "john@starfire.mn.org" at Apr 1, 96 10:18:29 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk john@starfire.mn.org stands accused of saying: > > I am looking for recommendations and user experience with large- > capacity (14Gb+) 4mm tape drives. These are fairly costly items, 14G? No such animal. 4mm tape drives go to 4GB. 4G media are more than twice as expensive as 2G media; unless you have a pressing need to put 4G on a single tape the only justification for buying a DDS-2 drive is extra speed. The Sony SDT-7000 would be a good buy in that category; it's claimed to be capable of over 700K/sec to/from the media (uncompressed) - we see around 400K/sec on an SDT-5200 here, and have been very happy with it. > and we want to make sure that we get one that we'll be happy with > the first time. I know that Exabyte 8500's are pretty good, but > of course, that's an 8mm drive. Exabytes can be temperamental, but well-kept they're very reliable. > E-mail: john@starfire.MN.ORG USnail: PO Box 17247, Mpls MN 55417 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[