From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Dec 31 12:43:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA16952 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:43:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from silver.gn.iaf.nl (silver.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA16940 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:43:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by silver.gn.iaf.nl (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA24914; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 21:30:14 +0100 Received: by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA31128 (5.67b/IDA-1.5); Thu, 31 Dec 1998 20:57:58 +0100 Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.8.8/8.6.12) id UAA18674; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 20:18:50 +0100 (CET) From: Wilko Bulte Message-Id: <199812311918.UAA18674@yedi.iaf.nl> Subject: Re: DDS alternative In-Reply-To: <19981231184909.20826@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Dec 31, 98 06:49:09 pm" To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 20:18:50 +0100 (CET) Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu X-Organisation: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands X-Pgp-Info: PGP public key at 'finger wilko@freefall.freebsd.org' X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As J Wunsch wrote... > As Chris Timmons wrote: > > > What sort of FreeBSD compatible HW do you recommend in lieue of DDS > > tape? > > Many people have recommended DLT, which i can only support. > > For those with less Euros (:-) available, let me add that i'm fairly > happy with my Tandberg drive. It's 2.5 GB (+ compression), and should > be in the same price range as DDS. The current technology for them is > 4 GB native. (There are larger MLT drives available as well, with a > similar technology to DLT, but they're more pricey.) Agreed. Tandbergs are good stuff. I've been using Tandberg 525Mb and now a 2.5Gb for years. Very reliable. Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message