Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 18:18:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: jcald@orbit1i.NESDIS.NOAA.GOV, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for help selecting tape device Message-ID: <199605170118.SAA23324@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199605162357.JAA06978@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at May 17, 96 09:27:01 am
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Michael Smith wrote: > > Jody B. Caldwell stands accused of saying: > > > I have FreeBSD running on a 386 and I am trying to get a tape backup > > device that will work with it. I tried the Colorada Backup (HP) > > T1000 with no luck. Does anyone out there know what I should get. > > I want to implement regular scheduled backups to this device. > > What's wrong with the T1000? I seem to recall that people have been > using them OK - I'd check the mailing list archives for references > before giving up hope. the HP Colorado T1000 comes in two flavors: floppy and parallel. capacity is 400MB native, 800MB (approx) compressed. thruput will be *slow*. unless you have no other choice, you dont want this device. get yourself a nice scsi tape unit 1.3GB native for the same price. jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/
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