From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Dec 31 17:04:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA11528 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 17:04:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA11515 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 17:04:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA15451; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 11:33:21 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA41776; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 11:33:25 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19990101113324.Z39598@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 11:33:24 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Wilko Bulte , "Louis A. Mamakos" Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu Subject: Re: DDS alternative References: <199812311825.NAA38381@whizzo.transsys.com> <199812311924.UAA18718@yedi.iaf.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199812311924.UAA18718@yedi.iaf.nl>; from Wilko Bulte on Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 08:24:11PM +0100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thursday, 31 December 1998 at 20:24:11 +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > As Louis A. Mamakos wrote... >>> As Chris Timmons wrote: >>> >>>> What sort of FreeBSD compatible HW do you recommend in lieue of DDS >>>> tape? >> >> Just to chime in on the other side, I've been using DAT tapes for quite a >> few years, starting with an Archive Python DDS-1 drive and lately with a >> DDS-2 Archive/Seagate 4 slot changer. These drives have proven to be >> reliable for me in a fairly light duty cycle application. I also just >> picked up (at work) an HP DDS-3, 6 slot changer. This looks pretty >> sweet, with DDS-3 giving you 12GB (about 24GB compressed capacity) per >> tape. >> >> The media is pretty cost-effective, which you should be sure to take >> into account when comparing the alternatives. > > Ever tried to read a tape written a year ago? Frequently. I read tapes written 5 years ago. That's the part that works :-) > I've heared to much horror stories about unreadable DAT tapes to > trust them... The trouble I have (and continue to have) is that the things have such a short life. I used to do a complete backup (4 hours tape motion) every night. Under those circumstances, the old DDS-1 drives lasted about 6 months, and the DDS-2 last about 18 months. 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-scsi" in the body of the message