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Date:      Sun, 31 Jan 1999 14:35:02 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
Cc:        George Morgan <gemorga2@vt.edu>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SCSI Tape Drives...
Message-ID:  <19990131143502.R8473@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9901301945110.4585-100000@feral-gw>; from Matthew Jacob on Sat, Jan 30, 1999 at 07:45:37PM -0800
References:  <199901310337.WAA09494@sable.cc.vt.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.04.9901301945110.4585-100000@feral-gw>

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On Saturday, 30 January 1999 at 19:45:37 -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote:
>> Who makes the best SCSI tape drive from the perspective of
>> Backing up BSD?  I'm currently looking at the Tandberg Travan 5
>> PRO drive (with read while write verification...)  The reason why I'm
>> looking at this drive is because I heard Tandberg is good, and I
>> don't have an enormous budget for the drive. (street price around
>> $325...)
>>
>> If it won't work reliably, then I'll be willing to shell out more..  (but
>> I'm going to have to wait :(
>
> Get an Exabyte 8505 or a DLT.

They're not quite in the $300 price range.  Also, the 8505 is out of
production.

Greg
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