Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 09:02:13 -0500 From: Robert Beer <r-beer@onu.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Tape Drive Recommendations? Message-ID: <l03102809b2a6a6fad6e7@[140.228.15.35]> In-Reply-To: <19981223143817.Y85005@freebie.lemis.com> References: <19981219214449.A13107@drwho.xnet.com>; from Michael Maxwell on Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 09:44:49PM -0600 <19981219214449.A13107@drwho.xnet.com>
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At 11:08 PM -0500 12/22/1998, Greg Lehey wrote: >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. I have had good luck with the 4mm DAT DDS H-P drives. The model is C1599A which is a 4 to 8 GB capacity. The cost is in the $600 to $700 range. --- Bob Beer <r-beer@onu.edu> Ohio Northern University, Academic Computer Services, Ada, OH 45810 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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