Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 09:49:09 -0500 From: sbabkin@dcn.att.com To: grog@lemis.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, semen@iclub.nsu.ru Subject: RE: Sony SDT-7000 Tape won't write 4Gig Message-ID: <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EE413294@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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> ---------- > From: Ustimenko Semen[SMTP:semen@iclub.nsu.ru] > > On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > On Wed, 11 February 1998 at 19:51:36 +0600, Ustimenko Semen wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > > > I have got Sony SDT-1700 device, but i can't get it work:( > > As a wrote - it is SDT-7000 realy:) > By the way, I can share some experience from using DDS. As I've found there are two major manufacturers of DDS drives: Sony and HP. From others I saw ARCHIVE (?) Viper in ICLs and it is so bad that it does not deserve any discussion, they can not survive even 2 weeks of operation. HP uses OEM Sony drives in their cheap DDS devices designated for PCs, and own HP drives in RISC servers. The latest are more expensive (twice?) but a lot better. The problem with Sony drives is that even with extensive use of cleaning cartridges at some point (like 150-200 full tape backups, with cleaning after each other backup) they come to the point when use of cleaning tape in any amount can't stop the 'need cleaning' light from blinking. Disassembling and cleaning up them manually helps but only for something like 5 full tape backups. HP drives have no such problem, they live a lot longer, and it takes very many backups together with very few cleanings to kill them (yes, I saw dead one, peoples have used it for half a year without any cleaning). -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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