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Date:      Wed, 21 Nov 2001 00:09:49 +0100
From:      "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
To:        "Greg Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: SCSI tape back that works under FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <013601c17218$7877e730$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
References:  <OF7F945520.F850FFD8-ONC1256B09.007D8B2D@use.ch> <002f01c17162$7d190550$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120120938.M76318@monorchid.lemis.com> <007f01c17164$a3284c40$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120121857.O76318@monorchid.lemis.com> <00a801c171a9$c5a8f2c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011121092052.J76318@monorchid.lemis.com>

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Greg writes:

> In most cases, they were unable to transfer data.

Unable to transfer between drive and SCSI adapter card?  That doesn't sound like
a hardware problem.

> Look at the prices.

You get what you pay for.  Zip drives are cheaper than DDS tape, too.

> Carried to its logical conclusion, you could never
> complain about anything if there was some really
> expensive alternative.

Agreed.

> If there's one thing that needs to be reliable,
> it's backups.

Backups only have to be reliable for a limited time, not forever.




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