Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 22:16:25 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Ryder <aryder@bestweb.net> To: Bruce Albrecht <bruce@zuhause.mn.org> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape Drives Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980313221042.24213A-100000@monet.bestweb.net> In-Reply-To: <199803130621.AAA25252@zuhause.mn.org>
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4mm Dat Wise: SEAGATE STD24000N 4GB 4MM DAT INTERNAL SCSI Any comments? --- Andrew Ryder aryder@bestweb.net BestWeb Support Team support@bestweb.net "New Yorks Best Internet Service Provider" www.bestweb.net On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Bruce Albrecht wrote: > Andrew Ryder writes: > > Well there are drives which are slow and cheap (tarvan) and fast and > > expensive (dat) I was looking for a working list of suggestions from > > people who do use FreeBSD and backup their data.. We use a tarvan at work > > and its slow compared to a dat drive, ofcourse.. gotta consider the price > > though. > > Most DAT drives are more expensive than Travan drives, but if you're > looking at a SCSI Travan 4 drive for about $200-300, and a DDS-2 DAT > drive for about $500-600, the cost of the media can make the Travan > drive more expensive. For example, most 90m DAT tapes are less than > $6, and hold 2GB (up to 4 GB compressed), and 120m DAT tapes can be > had for about $10 (4 GB, up to 8 GB compressed). The Travan 4 tape > equivalent to a 120m DAT tape typically runs $30-40, so if you plan on > having 10-15 tapes, the Travan drive quickly becomes the more > expensive choice. I haven't priced DDS-3 or DLT drives, but I think > both of them tend to cost well over $1k. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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