From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Aug 15 16:22:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA24646 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 16:22:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from absinthe.i3inc.com (Absinthe.i3inc.com [208.218.26.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA24624 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 16:22:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by absinthe.i3inc.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id TAA27384; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 19:18:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708152318.TAA27384@absinthe.i3inc.com> X-Authentication-Warning: absinthe.i3inc.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: zoonie@myhouse.com Cc: cassy@loop.com, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape Drives for backups? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:17:38 -0400 (EDT)" 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, 15 Aug 1997 19:18:12 -0400 From: Chris Shenton Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:17:38 -0400 (EDT) zoonie wrote: zoonie> from what i remember reading about the travan drives they were zoonie> slow but i have never used one on freebsd. i currently use zoonie> some refirbished exabyte 8200 8mm tape drives. they work zoonie> great... Hi Carlos! I have a HP Colorado TR-4 drive. Cost about $350 mailorder. Tapes are about $30-$35 each. They hold 4GB to 8GB. Transfer rate is said to be about 30MB-60MB/minute. I like the fact that they're linear, modified QIC designs rather than the delicate helical scan. But I haven't used mine enough in a production environment to put it to the real torture test -- so far it's been fine though for my little home net. They work fine under FreeBSD. I'm backing up a 2GB Sun over the net to one attached to a 486dx100 FreeBSD-2.2 box.