From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 20 18:35:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA01081 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 18:35:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA01058 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 18:35:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt2-74.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.74]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id UAA12642 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 20:35:36 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id UAA14247 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 20:12:54 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199712210212.UAA14247@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Segate Tape stor 3200MB In-reply-to: Message from j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) of "Sat, 20 Dec 1997 10:41:08 +0100." <199712200941.KAA29224@uriah.heep.sax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 20:12:53 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Joerg Wunsch writes: > > See also Jonathan Breslers recommendation for a QIC drive in the > handbook. I think it was a 1 GB drive (1.3 GB with XL cartridges), > not too expensive, and damn fast. There are a number of happy campers > using Tandberg drives (like me :), but these ones aren't what one > would call `cheap' right away. But they are rock-solid, and that's > what counted more to me. That would be an Arcive Anaconda 2750? QIC-9130, uses the *real* QIC tapes such as QIC-150 a.k.a. DC6150, and eveything in between. Think I got my two at Onsale for about $139 each. Last time I looked Corpsys was selling them for $169. Its a good value. OTOH Archive DDS-1 drives have been aproaching the $225 price. DDS-2's with compression are under $500, I have one of those also too. (ahc0:5:0): "ARCHIVE Python 28388-XXX 4.CM" type 1 removable SCSI 2 st0(ahc0:5:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13, drive empty (ahc0:6:0): "ARCHIVE ANCDA 2750 28077 -003" type 1 removable SCSI 2 st1(ahc0:6:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x0, drive empty I don't know what it does different, but a 9130 tape for 1.35G runs an honest screaming 30MB/minute. But a 9100 tape (QIC-1000) only runs 12MB/minute. I bought a bunch of QIC-1000's for about $6 each, so I'll live with the performance hit. My DDS-2 drive does about 25MB/minute. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.