From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jul 22 05:19:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA18212 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 05:19:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from animaniacs.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA18192 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 05:18:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Received: from localhost (jamie@localhost) by animaniacs.itribe.net (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id IAA12276; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 08:18:15 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 08:18:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden Reply-To: Jamie Bowden To: David Wolfskill cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, amanda-users@cs.umd.edu Subject: Re: Anyone have experience with DLT stackers? In-Reply-To: <199807212203.PAA27258@pau-amma.whistle.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, David Wolfskill wrote: > I'm working on implementing "amanda" for backup & recovery. > > We're in the process of switching from DDS (4mm) media to DLT. > > I believe that it would be useful to at least begin to plan for the > (eventual) deployment of a stacker (though it need not be more > elaborate than a simple "gravity" stacker). > > The vendor we're using (Andataco, evidently -- I'm still a little > new here) has a couple of stackers with similar characteristics; > each handles up to 7 DLT cartridges, but one is made by Quantum, > and the other is made by Exabyte. > > Anyone have a feel for which is more likely to work adequately for > FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE? > > Here's the list of differences I've been told about (other than price, > which is in the $8K range, with a difference of about $300 between the > two -- close enough that price isn't a significant differentiator): > > Quantum ENC-6107-40S Exabyte EXB/18D-4TS > Operator interface "control panel" LCD screen > Bar Code Reader n/a available > Dimensions WxHxD 8.9"x10.7"x27" 9.5"x22"x21.4" > MTBF 30KHrs. 200KHrs. > Cycles Between Failures 400K 1000K > > Each is a narrow single-ended SCSI device (in addition to the DLT4000 > drive, which comes with the stacker), with a rated native xfer rate of > 1.5MB/sec. > > (As alluded to above, I have no expectation that I'd be making any use > of a bar-code reader.) > > Thanks, > david The amanda mailing lists are probably a better place to be asking this. I have cc'd this message there. -- Jamie Bowden Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message