From owner-freebsd-scsi Sat Jan 2 15:53:54 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA16334 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sat, 2 Jan 1999 15:53:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles335.castles.com [208.214.167.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA16314 for ; Sat, 2 Jan 1999 15:53:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01614; Sat, 2 Jan 1999 15:49:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901022349.PAA01614@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Greg Lehey cc: Wilko Bulte , spork , louie@TransSys.COM, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu Subject: Re: DDS alternative In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 03 Jan 1999 10:08:02 +1030." <19990103100802.H66110@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 15:49:19 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >> We just switched to AIT drives. So far so good, has anyone run into > >> problems with those? The lifespan is supposed to be very comparable to > >> DLT, and the seek time is excellent... > > > > I've played with one once and it appears to work well. And it was very fast > > too. I can't comment on durability, but from looking at them I'd guess they > > are a whole lot better than DAT drives. Also the cartridges are more robust, > > as is the tape media. > > Who makes these drives? I haven't heard of them, so I suspect they > have some other name as well. No, AIT drives are called just that. Sony are making them, Seagate are selling what looks like an OEM Sony mechanism (could be wrong there), and I *think* Exabyte are doing an AIT-compatible drive. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message