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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 09:18:13 -0700
From: Craig Shaver <craig@progroup.com>
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Rohit Dube wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am in need of a 4mm External DAT tape drive to back up my FreeBSD
> machines.  I was wondering if any of you had good words for a particular
> drive.  Am looking for 2G - 4G capacity.
> 
> Last I remember there was a discussion on the hardware list 2 months
> ago, but there was no clear winner.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --rohit.
> 
> PS: Also, need a recommendation for FreeBSD (free) software which works
>                 well with DAT Tape drives.

I just bought a HP1533 and love it.  It can use the 120 dds-2 tapes and
thus get more than 4G on a tape with compression.  It is fast and works
great on FreeBSD.

-- 
Craig Shaver  (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 
Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA  94088