Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 14:40:16 +1100 (EDT) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Cc: sbabkin@dcn.att.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, semen@iclub.nsu.ru Subject: Re: Sony SDT-7000 Tape won't write 4Gig Message-ID: <199802140340.TAA19255@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <19980214095454.51602@freebie.lemis.com> from "Greg Lehey" at Feb 14, 98 09:54:54 am
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In some mail from Greg Lehey, sie said: > > As I have frequently reported on this list, I had nothing but trouble > with HP DDS-1 drives. I had 4 of them, and they lived between 5 and 8 > months. That changed when I got an HP DDS-2 drive, which lasted over > a year. I've been using an Archive changer now for 15 months, and > haven't had any trouble (although I'm beginning to wonder if the > original topic isn't biting me too: I'm only getting 2.7 GB on a 90m > tape, too much for no compression and very little for compression). Having worked at a largish HP site, the standard thing to do when you had any trouble with a HP DDS-1 (DLZ or not) drive was to call up and get a replacement. DDS-2's weren't much better, and finally with the DDS-3, it actually might see out it's warranty before being replaced. Darren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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