From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 24 17:11:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA07770 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 17:11:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA07764 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 17:10:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA28651; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 11:49:04 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601250119.LAA28651@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: QIC-3080: density & length To: pete@pelican.com (Pete Carah) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 11:49:04 +1030 (CST) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Pete Carah" at Jan 24, 96 10:18:00 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Pete Carah stands accused of saying: > >> I have purchased a Conner TSM4000R SCSI tape backup unit. I have > >> found this unit mentioned several times in questions in the mail > >> archives, but unfortunately the replies must have been sent > >> directly, and not forwarded to the list. > > > >Odd, I've read lots of people saying that they're lemons. Sorry. > > Well, I was never able to get one to stream on a SS1000 that easily Ok, that settles it for me. 8) > If you need speed and don't worry about $$$ I'd recommend a DLT, > though I've never tried one (directly; with /etc/rmt it won't > stream from either fbsd or a SS20 but I'd expect that) on freebsd > either :-) As long as fbsd's tape driver can handle variable > blocksize it should be fine. That's really strange; we use rmt for all our backups (Sony SDT-5200) and it streams almost all of the time. The backup server's just a 486 with an NE2000 in it, and it's often running X. You may be loaded more heavily though... > -- Pete -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[