Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:54:57 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: schofiel@xs4all.nl Cc: richard@pegasus.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strong opinions, anyone? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980630115201.21562Z-100000@elect8> In-Reply-To: <199806300914.XAA05121@pegasus.com>
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On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 richard@pegasus.com wrote:
> }
> } On the following bits of kit:
> }
> } Tandberg TDC 4220 2.0 G Tape streamer
> } Exabyte EXB-8200TS 2.5 G Tape streamer
> } Fujitsu M295X 4.5 G Disk
> }
> } Any opinions?
>
> The Exabyte 8200's are cheap, reliable and have the lowest media cost
> of just about any backup device.
>
> A great deal.
Exabyte is a good deal, remote sensing people are using them on a daily
basis here. They are using tapes like others were using floppies a few
years ago.
You might want to check the firmware though. We had here a number of
odd drives in a EXB-120 juke. It was said that it was the combination
that made it behave strangely, but I had problems hooking the thing up
to a Sparc20.
EXB 8505 are _very_ reliable though. Also, you will be able to read a
tape written on one driver on another, which is an advantage.
Nick
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