Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 14:11:10 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: dave@persprog.com (David Alderman) Cc: andreas@klemm.gtn.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, aat81@dial.pipex.com Subject: Re: Are HP DAT drives more unreliable than others? Message-ID: <199612312211.OAA24527@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <6C4F94E2D8B@dasa.ppi.com> from "David Alderman" at Dec 31, 96 02:42:09 pm
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David Alderman wrote: > > > I think the primary reason few people use the large QIC drives any > nore is the relatively low capacity of the drives. 525 meg (or even > 1 Gig) is not enough for todays multigigabyte servers. The cost of > cartridges is also high relative to DDS or 8mm. > I wonder if the new high capacity TR-4 based SCSI backups are any > good? who makes high capacity QIC drives anymore? archive made several models. they were bought by conner and that seemed to end their production of high capacity QIC drives. > > Aren't DLT's very reliable? For high capacity applications, I > thought DLT's were considered best. sopposed to be very good. just be careful with the 'hook' that grabs the leader from the cartidge. jmbhome | help
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