From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 22 20:08:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20250 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 20:08:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA20245 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 20:08:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id OAA05987 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 14:38:16 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id OAA12287; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 14:38:17 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981223143817.Y85005@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 14:38:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Tape Drive Recommendations? References: <19981219214449.A13107@drwho.xnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19981219214449.A13107@drwho.xnet.com>; from Michael Maxwell on Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 09:44:49PM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday, 19 December 1998 at 21:44:49 -0600, Michael Maxwell wrote: > I'm looking for a SCSI tape drive that is well supported in BSD and > won't completely break my budget. I like the Exabyte 8mm tape drives, > and the added benefit of the low cost tapes, but the drives are a bit > too costly for me. So I wonder if anyone could toss up a few suggestions > for *RELIABLE* tape drives (minimum 2GB per tape, preferably more). The silence is deafening, isn't it? The question is ``reliable''. I find most tape units unreliable. At the moment I'm still using DDS drives, but I haven't had any that have survived more than two years, and refurbishing seems to be a waste of money. General consensus is that Travan drives are even worse than DDS or Exabyte, but that may be prejudice. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message