Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 20:38:00 -0600 From: Jack Wenger <info@bentreality.com> To: Eddie Fry <eddie@eaznet.com>, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Makemap Message-ID: <3.0.32.19971211203759.0098fe30@acw-web.com>
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Geez, guys, I was kidding! :) I REALLY appreciate the concern displayed for a fellow sysadmin here! Thank You. But, there's now way, even with a gun to my head (well...) I would buy a cheap tape system, like a Colorado. The Best Buy remark was just a joke, I was hoping to lighten everyone's day a little. So, that said, there was this Priest, a Rabbi, and an Elvis Impersonator one day... :) Thanx again for the quick help. At 07:02 PM 12/11/97 -0700, Eddie Fry wrote: >I would have to agree with Blaine. Get a drive you can rely on. If the >price tag scares you, get a used one. I'm sure there are plenty available. >All you have to do is ask! > >Eddie > >Blaine Minazzi wrote: > >> You hastely decided... >> >> Look out Best Buy, I agettin' a tape drive! >> >> WAIT. >> >> I would reccomend that you get a DAT, 8mm, or other higher end scsi >> drive. >> >> Ponder and ruminate on this. Everything is fine... You are backing up >> your data on your "consumer end low level el cheapo tape drive bargain >> de jour. " The stars come in to alignment, murphy gets a weekend pass, >> and monday finds your hard drive has let the magic smoke out of the >> little epoxy cages. You try to stuff all the magic smoke back in, but, >> missing a few molecules, you end up replacing drive.... >> >> Now is _NOT_ a good time to find that your tape drive is no bargain, and >> some of your bits and bytes are not really on that tape you have been >> feeding into the machine. >> >> Decide now how many dollars that data is worth, and how long it would >> take to rebuild manually. Then consider if a cheap tape drive is worth >> the risk.... >> >> Most of these drives are kinda like a cheap motorcycle helmet. >> Better than nothing, but on the way to the pavement, your REALLY wishin >> you had bought a bell. >> >> Just my .02 >> >> ( After seeing too many customers make this mistake, and wanting to know >> why I cant get the data off of the tape for them. ) >> >> Blaine > > > >-- >Eddie Fry eddie@eaznet.com >EAZNet Internet Services http://www.eaznet.com >220 West 7th Street (520) 348-0292 >Safford, AZ 85546 EAZing you into the future... >There is only one success -- to be able to spend your life in your own way. > -Christopher Morley > > > > ------------- Excellence in Web Design -------------- Bent Reality Graphics Jack Wenger, Owner info@bentreality.com http://www.bentreality.com 608-233-8571 or 1-888-701-1026 IBM Business Partner - Internet Specialist
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