From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 10 16:10:19 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA05002 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 16:10:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from zit1.zit.th-darmstadt.de (zit1.zit.th-darmstadt.de [130.83.63.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA04992 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 16:10:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from michael@localhost) by zit1.zit.th-darmstadt.de (8.6.12/8.6.9) id BAA01952; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 01:09:30 +0100 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 01:09:30 +0100 (MET) From: Michael Beckmann To: Gary Crutcher cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape backup hardware In-Reply-To: <199512101912.LAA01490@nightflight.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > I am in the process of buying a tape backup unit for my computer. I have a > SCSI interface with a 2GB hard drive. I have about $1000 to spend. Any > suggestions on an easy to use and reliable tape backup unit ? I have an HP C1533 streamer and I do recommend it. It's really fast (average 500 - 1000 kBytes/sec.) and it worked right away. Depending on what sort of tapes you use (DDS-1 or DDS-2), you can store 2 - 4 GB of compressed data on one tape. Thanks to built-in compression, it stores even more than that when you backup a disk. I think there are also C1534 and C1535 (?) models, which are a bit cheaper and have no DDS-2 support.