Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 12:03:13 +0100 (CET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Cc: louie@TransSys.COM, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu Subject: Re: DDS alternative Message-ID: <199901011103.MAA27219@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <19990101113324.Z39598@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Jan 1, 99 11:33:24 am"
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As Greg Lehey wrote... > On Thursday, 31 December 1998 at 20:24:11 +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > As Louis A. Mamakos wrote... > >>> As Chris Timmons wrote: > >>> > >>>> What sort of FreeBSD compatible HW do you recommend in lieue of DDS > >>>> tape? [snip] > >> The media is pretty cost-effective, which you should be sure to take > >> into account when comparing the alternatives. > > > > Ever tried to read a tape written a year ago? > > Frequently. I read tapes written 5 years ago. That's the part that > works :-) Then you should not complain.. > > I've heared to much horror stories about unreadable DAT tapes to > > trust them... > > The trouble I have (and continue to have) is that the things have > such a short life. I used to do a complete backup (4 hours tape > motion) every night. Under those circumstances, the old DDS-1 drives > lasted about 6 months, and the DDS-2 last about 18 months. That is the 'glorified consumer product' side of DAT drives. They are not really designed for heavy duty use. Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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