Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 18:00:42 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Jamie Clark <jamie@erinet.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Opinions on which Tape Drive to Buy? Message-ID: <199802110000.SAA04969@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Jamie Clark <jamie@erinet.com> of "Mon, 09 Feb 1998 23:03:54 EST." <34DFD1A9.E84F411@erinet.com>
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> David Kelly wrote: > > > http://www.basoncomputer.com was advertising an Archive 4326 for $399. > > Not sure if that price was updated on their web page or not. > > It's listed as a Conner 4326 for $399. Is DDS-2? I can't find out any > product specifications via the net. The Conner site is seagate and the only > tape drives they offer info on is the retail. None of the Conner line is > available. I'm wandering about compatible SCSI cards, software to drive it > in Windoze 95, is one tape included, the which 3M tape do I buy, error rate, > MTBF Alright, a black mark for Seagate. The data was there a couple of months ago. The Seagate/Conner/Archive 4326 is a DDS-1/DDS-2 drive including compression. If 2G is enough, then 90M DDS-1 tapes at $7 or so work perfectly fine. If your data compresses then you might get 4G on that tape. The 120M DDS-2 tapes cost about twice the DDS-1 tape. Read/Write speeds are the same, about 400k/sec uncompressed, 800k/sec if compression works for you. The STD28000N is a newer version with more RAM and faster data rates. The 4326 may have a sticker aluding to that fact. STD28000N's I've seen have a sticker mentioning its a replacement for the 4326. I think there are 3 generations of this unit, the 4326, the Conner/Seagate 8000, then the current 28000. Don't confuse the 8000 with the Travan 8000. Seagate's site once had details on how to tell Archive/Conner/Seagate tape generations from the front. There are 3 grooves on the bezel. It all depends on what groove the LED's and eject button are on. Mine are in the bottom groove. I also have an external 2G with LED and buttons in the middle groove, and another in the bottom. The 2G in the bottom only does 170k/sec while the 2G in the middle does 400k/sec, as does my 4326 with eject in the bottom groove. As always, before buying verify with the vendor that the device is what you think it is. The drive from Bason may be refurbished. In any case iron out the warranty in advance. Also make sure you know what form factor it comes in. The 4326RP is a 3.5" drive in 5-1/4" rails with a 5-1/4" face plate. That's what I have. External models of this drive come in a very nice enclosure from the factory. Much nicer than the aftermarket enclosures. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe hardware" in the body of the message
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