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From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Subject: Re: DDS alternative
In-Reply-To: <199812311825.NAA38381@whizzo.transsys.com> from "Louis A. Mamakos" at "Dec 31, 98 01:25:52 pm"
To: louie@TransSys.COM (Louis A. Mamakos)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 20:24:11 +0100 (CET)
Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu
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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? I've heared to much horror
stories about unreadable DAT tapes to trust them...

Wilko
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