Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 08:25:58 -1001 From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strong opinions, anyone? Message-ID: <199806301826.IAA10718@pegasus.com> In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> "Re: Strong opinions, anyone?" (Jun 30, 6:51pm)
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} > } > The Exabyte 8200's are cheap, } } I'd consider them relatively expensive. DDS drives are much cheaper } in Europe. The 8200 is also pretty old now. They are fairly inexpensive some places. } } > reliable } } Relatively unreliable. This is old technology (full height stuff). } The more recent drives are much better. Mature technology. Built to be used in data centers, not toys like many of the other pc backup products. } } > and have the lowest media cost of just about any backup device. } } Well, I have to agree about something :-) Yes, and this can easily make these units the least expensive backup tool going. You *do* have to buy media. Richard To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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