Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 20:24:11 +0100 (CET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: louie@TransSys.COM (Louis A. Mamakos) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu Subject: Re: DDS alternative Message-ID: <199812311924.UAA18718@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199812311825.NAA38381@whizzo.transsys.com> from "Louis A. Mamakos" at "Dec 31, 98 01:25:52 pm"
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As Louis A. Mamakos wrote... > > As Chris Timmons wrote: > > > > > What sort of FreeBSD compatible HW do you recommend in lieue of DDS > > > tape? > > Just to chime in on the other side, I've been using DAT tapes for quite a > few years, starting with an Archive Python DDS-1 drive and lately with a > DDS-2 Archive/Seagate 4 slot changer. These drives have proven to be > reliable for me in a fairly light duty cycle application. I also just > picked up (at work) an HP DDS-3, 6 slot changer. This looks pretty > sweet, with DDS-3 giving you 12GB (about 24GB compressed capacity) per > tape. > > The media is pretty cost-effective, which you should be sure to take > into account when comparing the alternatives. Ever tried to read a tape written a year ago? I've heared to much horror stories about unreadable DAT tapes to trust them... Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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