Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:28:53 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com>, chad@dcfinc.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI tape drives Message-ID: <19980911142853.M611@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <35F885D9.6BBD25D7@verinet.com>; from Allen Campbell on Thu, Sep 10, 1998 at 08:07:22PM -0600 References: <199809100630.XAA08373@freebie.dcfinc.com> <35F885D9.6BBD25D7@verinet.com>
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On Thursday, 10 September 1998 at 20:07:22 -0600, Allen Campbell wrote: > Chad R. Larson wrote: >> >> I've been using an HP DDS-2 4mm DAT drive quite successfully on a >> FreeBSD machine at my office. >> >> I was browsing the Insight web site for SCSI tape drives under $600 for >> use at home, and found the expected 8mm and 4mm tapes. >> >> However, I found that Segate, HP and a couple of others were selling >> Travan (TR-4) drives (4 GB native capacity in) SCSI versions for a couple >> of hundred bucks less than the 4mm DAT drives. >> >> Does anyone here have any experience with SCSI Travan drives under >> FreeBSD? If so, how are they working out? > > I bought the HP TR-4 about four months ago. The media is expensive, but > it lasts. I'd hope that 4 months isn't enough time to determine whether a medium lasts. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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