From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 17 18:19:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from Genesis.Denninger.Net (209-176-244-82.inil.com [209.176.244.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E58CB14E28 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 18:19:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karl@Genesis.Denninger.Net) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Genesis.Denninger.Net (8.9.3/8.8.2) id UAA34473; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 20:19:10 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19991217201910.A34455@Denninger.Net> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 20:19:10 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: Greg Lehey Cc: Wilko Bulte , Warner Losh , Soren Schmidt , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATAPI tape support - how to format? References: <199912130738.IAA28004@freebsd.dk> <199912131731.KAA44607@harmony.village.org> <19991213192545.D636@yedi.iaf.nl> <19991213125520.A567@Denninger.Net> <19991218120832.A1108@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19991218120832.A1108@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 12:08:32PM +1030 Organization: Karl's Sushi and Packet Smashers X-Die-Spammers: Spammers cheerfully broiled for supper and served with ketchup! Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG C1533As, circa 1994. I have two of them and they are still working. They were in use at an *ISP* as primary backup devices for more than two years (read: had the shit beaten out of them nightly) until we outgrew them and went to Exabyte 8705s (which SUCKED reliability-wise, although they're better than the 8500s!). The final step was to go to two DLT IIIXTs (after that I have no idea; I don't run the place anymore) Their predecessors, two 35480As, were replaced ONLY for capacity reasons. As far as I know *those* are still working (I know where one of them is and its not broken) I've never had trouble with HP DAT drives. None whatsoever. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) Web: http://childrens-justice.org Isn't it time we started putting KIDS first? See the above URL for a plan to do exactly that! On Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 12:08:32PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 13 December 1999 at 12:55:20 -0600, Karl Denninger wrote: > > > > BTW, I have older HP DAT drives (4 & 8gb models) that have several YEARS > > of active use on them, and other than using a cleaning tape when the front > > panel "clean me" light flashes I've NEVER had ANY problem with them. > > This is in stark contrast with my experience. Which models? The > 35480A DDS-1 drives I had had a life of about 8 months with daily > backups. > > Greg > -- > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message