Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 20:28:21 -0800 (PST) From: wellsian <wellsian@caffeine.com> To: kc5vdj@swbell.net Cc: Bharat Mediratta <bharat@menalto.com>, Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Workstation Backup Device advice Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002252016250.26356-100000@boris.netgate.net> In-Reply-To: <200002260112.TAA17343@ppp-207-193-2-76.kscymo.swbell.net>
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Be careful of the 1533's. HP replaced them with a new model because the originals were essentially defective. The "a"s may be the new version, though I don't remember now. The original 1533's had very poor head life and were not good for production use. All 8 of our original 8 went bad within 1.5yrs, a few within 6mo. And their 3 or 5yr warranty is probably up by now so buyer beware. Jim, can you confirm if your 1533a's are the newer version? We punted our DATs so I'm unable to provide better info right now. Good DATs can be fine, but bad ones can make you crazy. Dave On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Jim Bryant wrote: > In reply: > > > > > > Can anyone recommend the cheapest/most reliable backup device supported by > > > FreeBSD 3.4 (must be tape media), which will carry minimum of 4G a tape > > > (I'm not switching them over too much!). SCSI is a must! I'm not willing > > > to spend DAT drive money. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Chris Smith > > > Raytheon Systems Limited UK > > > > > > Chris Smith > > Don't rule out DAT drives. I have a couple of HP C1533A drive that i > bought for $125 apiece used. works great. As a DDS-2 drive it will > do 4G native and 8G compressed. > > Mine were through a private sale from someone I knew, but I'm sure > ebay pricing should be equivilant. I bought mine 2 years ago at that > price when ebay pricing was 2-3x that. > > Remember one thing, even if you do pay a little more than i did, > compared to Travan and DLT, DDS-2 drives pay for themselves in the > prices for the media itself. i normally pay from $0.50 to $1.00 for > 60m tapes, $1.00 to $2.50 for 90m tapes, and $2.50 to $5.00 for 120m > tapes, all shrink-wrapped, all on ebay. > > Keep an eye on DDS-3 [12G/24G] pricing, it's really been dropping > lately. DDS-2 is still the most cost-effective though for the > hardware. > > jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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