From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 19 11:25:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA08196 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 11:25:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pobox.com (mercury-1-87.mdm.mkt.execpc.com [169.207.87.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA08190 for ; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 11:25:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hamilton@pobox.com) Message-Id: <199812191925.LAA08190@hub.freebsd.org> Received: (qmail 26877 invoked from network); 19 Dec 1998 13:26:18 -0600 Received: from localhost (HELO pobox.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 19 Dec 1998 13:26:18 -0600 To: Gary Kline cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4mm tape drive question In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 19 Dec 1998 10:46:05 PST." <199812191846.KAA21155@athena.tera.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 13:26:18 -0600 From: Jon Hamilton Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG } > Gary Kline writes: } > > } > > When I bought my 4mm tape drive in '95, 2GB was a _lot_ } > > of storage; but since I've just added a 9G drive to } > > my main system, it's time to consider the backups. } > > } > > My question: can I use a cassette larger than 90meter } > > ones I've been using? (And why?) } } I had the box custom built and have prob'ly lost the docs } after 40+ months, so I'm betting that the 4mm was the cheapest } (even at $550) that the place could use. } } As for gzip, I've used it (unnecessarily) and recovered everything } succesfully. Out of curiosity, did it help any? If your drive can do hardware compression, that may work out better; often that helps keep the tape streaming if nothing else, and results in better tape usage. } I need to buy a second tape drive (4mm or 8mm) for sage and } tar | dd across my net. ...The good news, of course, is that } I'm never (?!) going to have 11G of data to backup. You'd have to be a slow learner to believe that :) You said yourself that just 4 years ago, 2G was "a _lot_" of storage, and you've since bought a 9G drive. I'm confident that your storage needs will continue to increase, possibly even at an increased rate. With the continued improvement of processing power, data sets are getting larger, and so are applications. That trend is unlikely to reverse (or even to slow appreciably). -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message