Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 11:48:26 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: craig@progroup.com (Craig Shaver) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hardware Users) Subject: Re: DAT Tape drive recomendations Message-ID: <199609280948.LAA29362@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <324BFE45.41C67EA6@progroup.com> from "Craig Shaver" at Sep 27, 96 09:18:13 am
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Craig Shaver writes: > > 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. Tell me if you still like it after a year's moderate use. Mine are getting better, but I still have trouble from time to time. Greg
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