From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 3 12:09:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA19482 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 12:09:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (root@orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.41]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA19472 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 12:09:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (gpalmer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA29084; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 15:09:05 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: orion.webspan.net: Host gpalmer@localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Branson Matheson cc: Chris Shenton , questions@freebsd.org From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Backup hardware recommendations? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 03 Sep 1996 14:53:40 EDT." Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 15:09:05 -0400 Message-ID: <29079.841777745@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Branson Matheson wrote in message ID : > I personally have used both the 8mm and the 4mm. I feel that the 4mm > is a good solution as it is now the one that most are using. Media is > moderately priced and it seems very stable. 8mm works great and I > have used it for many years with out any problem. The media is > cheaper than 4mm.. but you cannot store as much on a single tape. Huh? 8mm can go to 9Gb (uncompressed) from memory (EXB-8505). To my knowledge DAT is only 2 or 4Gb (again, uncompressed) > DAT is bleeding edge.. and although seems to be stable.. I try to DLT? Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info