From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 2 21:25:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA02546 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:25:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [207.90.181.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA02541 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (ulf@gatekeeper.Alameda.net [207.90.181.2]) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA02953; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:26:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.5/8.7.6) id VAA24919; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:25:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199706030425.VAA24919@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Subject: Re: Archive Tape Autochanger In-Reply-To: <199706030323.XAA14820@whizzo.TransSys.COM> from "Louis A. Mamakos" at "Jun 2, 97 11:23:18 pm" To: louie@TransSys.COM (Louis A. Mamakos) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:25:52 -0700 (PDT) Cc: black@zen.cypher.net, rls@mail.id.net, paul@mu.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I'm wondering what experiences in general people have had with the CSC > Archive DAT changer. For $349, it seem like a pretty good deal; I'm > just wondering why they're dumping them at this price? Is it because of > the new DDS3 drives just on the market, or is there some horrible > reliability problem with the driver? > > I've currently got an old Archive Python DDS-1 drive (yup, no compression). > Having just recovered from a busted disk, I'm wishing that I had taken the > opportunity to do more frequent (unattended) dumps; hence the attraction of > the autochanger. > > louie > > > The CSC are probably refurbished drives, not new drives. Ulf. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073