Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 10:37:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: lehey.pad@sni.de (Greg Lehey) Cc: peter@taronga.com, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape drive FAQ Message-ID: <199604091737.KAA27611@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199604091516.RAA02326@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Apr 9, 96 06:31:03 pm
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Greg Lehey wrote: > 1. Current 'real' QIC units start at 525 MB, and 1 GB hardly costs any > more than 525 MB. Over here, I can buy a 525 MB Tandberg 3820 for > about $500 + tax, and a QIC-1000, also from Tandberg, will cost > about $600. Archive Anaconda QIC-1350 $200 > 3. If you're backing up 600 MB partitions, you'll need at least a > QIC-1000. QIC-1000 tapes cost (another guess) $25 a throw. Buy a > drive and 10 cartridges (for 10 GB), and you've spent $850. QIC-1350 are $30 each > 6. Other advantages of DDS: it's quieter, faster, the likelihood of > being able to back up your complete system/network is higher, the > cartridges take up more space. quieter and slower, the Archive Anaconda gives me 370 kBps > 7. Advantage of QIC-xxx: in my experience, it's been more reliable. > Of course, we should mention somewhere that DDS drives need > frequent cleaning. yes, we should ;) we should also mention that the Archive Anaconda is nolonger in production Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/home | help
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