From owner-freebsd-current Thu Apr 30 16:31:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA12915 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:31:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA12897 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:31:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id SAA04655; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 18:31:56 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id SAA16590; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 18:31:56 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980430183155.46401@mcs.net> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 18:31:55 -0500 From: Karl Denninger To: Jason Nordwick Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Time to get a backup device, suggestions ? References: <19980430213741.27185.qmail@xcf.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <19980430213741.27185.qmail@xcf.berkeley.edu>; from Jason Nordwick on Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 09:37:41PM -0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 09:37:41PM -0000, Jason Nordwick wrote: > > It is now time for me to get a backup device with a good > amount of storage (I have an 8 gig drive largest of 3). > I have never used/owned a tape drive, so does anybody have > any suggestions ? I am also a student so I dont have a ton of > money to spend on it, but have some. > > Also when I see tape sizes I see things like 4G compresses 2G native, > which size should I look at ? Is the compression done by the > hardware or by the win32 drivers supplied ? SO would FBSD suport > the compressions rates ? > > thanks > jay For that kind of data requirement I'd look at the Exabyte 8700 series. 7G native, 14G compressed. Or perhaps the "Mammoth" (more capacity, same basic idea - 8mm helical scan) You're dangerously close to needing "big league" backup capacity; DLTs are currently "god" in that area, both in terms of capacity and transfer rate. We run 2 15/30G 2000XT DLT drives. Next step up for us is DLT7000s - those suckers are EXPENSIVE, but they are both large (20/40G) and fast (best speed out there right now). -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message