Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 20:19:10 -0600 From: Karl Denninger <karl@Denninger.Net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATAPI tape support - how to format? Message-ID: <19991217201910.A34455@Denninger.Net> In-Reply-To: <19991218120832.A1108@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 12:08:32PM %2B1030 References: <199912130738.IAA28004@freebsd.dk> <199912131731.KAA44607@harmony.village.org> <19991213192545.D636@yedi.iaf.nl> <19991213125520.A567@Denninger.Net> <19991218120832.A1108@freebie.lemis.com>
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C1533As, circa 1994. I have two of them and they are still working. They were in use at an *ISP* as primary backup devices for more than two years (read: had the shit beaten out of them nightly) until we outgrew them and went to Exabyte 8705s (which SUCKED reliability-wise, although they're better than the 8500s!). The final step was to go to two DLT IIIXTs (after that I have no idea; I don't run the place anymore) Their predecessors, two 35480As, were replaced ONLY for capacity reasons. As far as I know *those* are still working (I know where one of them is and its not broken) I've never had trouble with HP DAT drives. None whatsoever. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) Web: http://childrens-justice.org Isn't it time we started putting KIDS first? See the above URL for a plan to do exactly that! On Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 12:08:32PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 13 December 1999 at 12:55:20 -0600, Karl Denninger wrote: > > > > BTW, I have older HP DAT drives (4 & 8gb models) that have several YEARS > > of active use on them, and other than using a cleaning tape when the front > > panel "clean me" light flashes I've NEVER had ANY problem with them. > > This is in stark contrast with my experience. Which models? The > 35480A DDS-1 drives I had had a life of about 8 months with daily > backups. > > Greg > -- > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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