From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Dec 12 00:19:31 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA28638 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 00:19:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from foo.primenet.com (ip211.sjc.primenet.com [206.165.96.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id AAA28633 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 00:19:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (bkogawa@localhost) by foo.primenet.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA13379; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 00:25:56 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: foo.primenet.com: bkogawa owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 00:25:55 -0800 (PST) From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" To: Chris Shenton cc: vlad@dusk.net, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup.. In-Reply-To: <199612111253.HAA06455@absinthe.i3inc.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Chris Shenton wrote: > Nice analysis. Where'd you get the DAT for < $400? Was this a one-off, > or continuing availability? Which model was it? Thanks. I got a refurbished WangDAT 1300 XL -- they are 2 GB max (no 120M tape), no compression, and slow -- from Disk Drive depot -- http://www.corpsys.com/ I think they are "while supplies last". They have some other deals, though -- refurbished exabytes and archive loaders (hold 4 tapes), some other stuff like that, including exceedingly cheap Travan drives (they're less than US$200). You might want to give them a call as well -- 408-743-8720. I live quite close to them, so buying the drive was less of a problem -- I could just drive down to take care of warranty issues (none of which have happened yet). > > The TR-3 or TR-4 solution seems like a good bang/buck ratio, but I'm > concerned about media stability. Any thoughts, anyone? I think someone said that they thought they were quite reliable, and from what I've seen of the media (not much, just pictures and cartridges in translucent plastic boxes), they look more reliable than DAT. Of course, I have no direct experience. > > Thanks. > > bryan k ogawa http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/