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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

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