Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 18:17:14 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> To: "Duncan Barclay" <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: Exabyte 8200 Message-ID: <199810050817.SAA21031@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <199810021421.HAA01170@mailgate.cadence.com> from "Duncan Barclay" at "Fri, 02 Oct 1998 15:21:23 %2B0000" References: <199810021421.HAA01170@mailgate.cadence.com>
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On Friday, 2nd October 1998, "Duncan Barclay" wrote: >> As I recal, the only real problem with a Cybernetic tape drive is >> the compression is vendor unique. > >Doesn't matter as it's for home use. And I only need to back up a >gigabyte or so. I would dispute this. Your cheap custom tape drive is likely to expire before your disk, and then you are left with a pile of unreadable backups. Write uncompressed tapes, and use software compression if you want to save time/space. Then you at least have the option of recovering your files at work if, say, a burglar takes a liking to your backup device. Stephen. PS Every time I post about Exabytes I ask if anyone knows how to query one about its error rate (or other head cleaning related notifications). No, I can't find this on the Exabyte site, and yes, I've looked. I would be happy to be proven an idiot by being given an URL showing actual information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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