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Date:      Mon, 20 Oct 1997 22:07:44 -0500
From:      Karl Denninger  <karl@mcs.net>
To:        Tom <tom@sdf.com>
Cc:        Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DLT drives
Message-ID:  <19971020220744.21190@Mars.Mcs.Net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971020195244.8014E-100000@misery.sdf.com>; from Tom on Mon, Oct 20, 1997 at 07:53:33PM -0700
References:  <19971020214434.06832@Mars.Mcs.Net> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971020195244.8014E-100000@misery.sdf.com>

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On Mon, Oct 20, 1997 at 07:53:33PM -0700, Tom wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Karl Denninger wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Oct 20, 1997 at 06:35:04PM -0700, Tom wrote:
> > > 
> > >   DLT tape drives will work under FreeBSD, right?  I would think that they
> > > would be just be a standard tape device.  I'm looking at one of the
> > > Quantum DLT drives.
> > > 
> > > Tom
> > 
> > Yes, they do, and quite nicely.  We use them here (they're the only media
> > that has enough capacity and speed to be useful in our environment).
> 
>   What kind?  Quantum, HP, or...

I run two Compaq/Quantum 15/30s.

>   Since you apparently need a lot of capacity, do also you use a changer?

2x30GB works ok for us at present, but we don't back up the news spool :-)

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