From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 25 17:13: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C66CE37BF03 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:13:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jbryant@ppp-207-193-2-76.kscymo.swbell.net) Received: from ppp-207-193-2-76.kscymo.swbell.net ([207.193.2.76]) by mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FQI00I9SJDCHN@mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 19:12:51 -0600 (CST) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by ppp-207-193-2-76.kscymo.swbell.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) id TAA17343; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 19:12:32 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 19:12:30 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant Subject: Re: Workstation Backup Device advice In-reply-to: To: bharat@menalto.com (Bharat Mediratta) Cc: Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: kc5vdj@swbell.net Message-id: <200002260112.TAA17343@ppp-207-193-2-76.kscymo.swbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-files: The truth is that the X-Files is fiction X-Republican: The best kind!!! X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT #8: Sat Oct 30 00:56:56 CDT 1999 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In reply: > > > > Can anyone recommend the cheapest/most reliable backup device supported by > > FreeBSD 3.4 (must be tape media), which will carry minimum of 4G a tape > > (I'm not switching them over too much!). SCSI is a must! I'm not willing > > to spend DAT drive money. > > > > Thanks > > > > Chris Smith > > Raytheon Systems Limited UK > > > > Chris Smith Don't rule out DAT drives. I have a couple of HP C1533A drive that i bought for $125 apiece used. works great. As a DDS-2 drive it will do 4G native and 8G compressed. Mine were through a private sale from someone I knew, but I'm sure ebay pricing should be equivilant. I bought mine 2 years ago at that price when ebay pricing was 2-3x that. Remember one thing, even if you do pay a little more than i did, compared to Travan and DLT, DDS-2 drives pay for themselves in the prices for the media itself. i normally pay from $0.50 to $1.00 for 60m tapes, $1.00 to $2.50 for 90m tapes, and $2.50 to $5.00 for 120m tapes, all shrink-wrapped, all on ebay. Keep an eye on DDS-3 [12G/24G] pricing, it's really been dropping lately. DDS-2 is still the most cost-effective though for the hardware. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM kc5vdj@swbell.net IC-706MkII - IC-T81A - HTX-202 - HTX-212 - HTX-404 - KPC3+ - PK-232MBX/DSP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ET has one helluva sense of humor, always anal-probing right-wing schizos! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message