From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri May 17 00:13:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA22155 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 17 May 1996 00:13:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from acc0.elvisti.kiev.ua ([193.125.28.132]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA21847; Fri, 17 May 1996 00:09:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from office.elvisti.kiev.ua (office.elvisti.kiev.ua [193.125.28.129]) by acc0.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA06766; Fri, 17 May 1996 10:10:35 +0300 (EET DST) Received: (from stesin@localhost) by office.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) id KAA22406; Fri, 17 May 1996 10:10:35 +0300 From: "Andrew V. Stesin" Message-Id: <199605170710.KAA22406@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> Subject: Re: Looking for help selecting tape device To: jmb@freefall.freebsd.org (Jonathan M. Bresler) Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 10:10:27 +0300 (EET DST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, jcald@orbit1i.NESDIS.NOAA.GOV, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199605170118.SAA23324@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at May 16, 96 06:18:02 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha5] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello Jonatan, # the HP Colorado T1000 comes in two flavors: floppy and parallel. # capacity is 400MB native, 800MB (approx) compressed. thruput # will be *slow*. unless you have no other choice, you dont want # this device. I was always under impression that Colorado is crap... # get yourself a nice scsi tape unit 1.3GB native for the same price. Can you recommend some one-two reliable brands (exact unit models)? Thanks! # jmb # -- # Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG # FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ # -- With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 "You may delegate authority, but not responsibility." Frank's Management Rule #1.