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Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 11:12:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matthew Jason White <mwhite+@CMU.EDU>
To: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: Need a Tape Drive Recommendation
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Excerpts from internet.computing.freebsd-questions: 30-May-96 Need a
Tape Drive Recommend.. by David Brockus@cyberhall. 
> I am running 2.0.5R with a 2940 and I need to buy a tape drive.  I have 
> considered buying a HP Surestore 6000E tape drive.  Has anyone used this 
> with FreeBSD?  Does anyone have any recommendations for a SCSI tape drive 
> that stores 2 to 4 gigs uncompressed?

I have fairly good luck with my Exabyte 8200.  It's slow as hell and
'mt' occaisonally returns the inexplicable error, but I've found it to
be very reliable.  These are drives that were built to last.  What's
more, you can pick one up used of forsale.storage for $250-300.  Tapes
(8mm) are cheap and plentiful.


-Matt

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Matt White
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