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Date:      Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:27:43 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        keith@mail.telestream.com
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Quantum DLT 4000
Message-ID:  <20000426102742.D38026@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004251703270.12550-100000@mail.telestream.com>
References:  <20000426092814.N26934@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004251703270.12550-100000@mail.telestream.com>

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On Tuesday, 25 April 2000 at 17:06:23 -0700, keith@mail.telestream.com wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, 25 April 2000 at  9:40:39 -0700, keith@mail.telestream.com wrote:
>>> On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Greg Lehey wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Monday, 24 April 2000 at 10:56:35 -0700, keith@mail.telestream.com wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone know if this tape system will work in FreeBSD,
>>>>>
>>>>> Quantum DLT 4000 Tape Drive Model# TH5AA-EY
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I have one:
>>>>
>>>>   sa1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 3 lun 0
>>>>   sa1: <Quantum DLT4000 CC1E> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device
>>>>   sa1: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)
>>>>
>>>> It works fine.
>>>>
>>>>> I found one at an increadible price and would like to get it asap.
>>>>
>>>> How does it compare to the $899 I paid for mine?
>>>
>>> Ya it compares to that price, $600.00 never been used.
>>> <Or so that's the story they gave> :)
>>
>> That looks very good.  Mine was refurbished.
>
> I'm a bit concerned about how long the drive will live. Just coming
> off of a tape drive death it's paramount on my mind.

Right, I've had a lot of trouble with tape drives.  DLT drives are
supposed to be "very" reliable (i.e. not as terrible as some others).

> Does yours suffer a decent beating with good results, even being a
> referb. ?

I don't use it that often.  I've bought a set of surplus AIWA DDS-2
drives ($79 each), and I'm going to use them sequentially until they
fail.

Greg
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