From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Aug 15 10:17:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA07108 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 10:17:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nak.myhouse.com (nak.myhouse.com [209.70.45.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA07092 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 10:17:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 1058 invoked by uid 1000); 15 Aug 1997 17:17:39 -0000 Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:17:38 -0400 (EDT) From: zoonie To: Cassandra Perkins cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape Drives for backups? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk from what i remember reading about the travan drives they were slow but i have never used one on freebsd. i currently use some refirbished exabyte 8200 8mm tape drives. they work great... On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Cassandra Perkins wrote: > What are the tape devices being used to backup FreeBSD servers? I've > heard that the 8mm tapes and devices are the most reliable, but what > about the Travan-4 devices? Is any having success using them with BSD? > Any horror stories or comparisons would be appreciated. > > Cassandra Perkins > The Loop ISC. > >