Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 00:21:03 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Albrecht <bruce@zuhause.mn.org> To: Andrew Ryder <aryder@bestweb.net> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Nicholas Merrill <lists@ns.calyx.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape Drives Message-ID: <199803130621.AAA25252@zuhause.mn.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980312151302.17808C-100000@monet.bestweb.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980312112603.17446A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> <Pine.NEB.3.96.980312151302.17808C-100000@monet.bestweb.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199803130621.AAA25252>