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Date:      Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:57:25 +0100
From:      "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
To:        "Greg Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: SCSI tape back that works under FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <00a801c171a9$c5a8f2c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
References:  <OF7F945520.F850FFD8-ONC1256B09.007D8B2D@use.ch> <002f01c17162$7d190550$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120120938.M76318@monorchid.lemis.com> <007f01c17164$a3284c40$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120121857.O76318@monorchid.lemis.com>

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Greg writes:

> Total failure.

There's no such thing as "total failure."  What actually occurred?

> HP, AIWA, Sony, Conner.

And all of them failed "totally"?

> What would you replace them with?

DLT is the usual choice.

> It's a question of cost.

If you don't want to pay for something better, you're in no position to complain
about what you are using.

> But if disks were anywhere near as unreliable
> as tapes, people would be up in arms.

Tapes don't have to be as reliable as disks.  Nobody uses them for anything
except backups.

> Drive.

How many times a day did you use the drive during 18 months?


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