Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 17:23:38 +1000 From: John Saunders <john.saunders@scitec.com.au> To: "'chad@dcfinc.com'" <chad@dcfinc.com> Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: SCSI tape drives Message-ID: <01BDDCDF.C036B370.john.saunders@scitec.com.au>
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On Thursday, September 10, 1998 4:31 PM, Chad R. Larson [SMTP:chad@freebie.dcfinc.com] wrote:
> However, I found that Segate, HP and a couple of others were selling
> Travan (TR-4) drives (4 GB native capacity in) SCSI versions for a couple
> of hundred bucks less than the 4mm DAT drives.
>
> Does anyone here have any experience with SCSI Travan drives under
> FreeBSD? If so, how are they working out?
They work well and seem fast enough for a tape drive. I haven't
had to restore from one yet (touch wood) so can't say if they
are reliable, although compares work OK. I suspect they are
more reliable than 4mm but less than 8mm. The big problem is
cost of the tapes. In Australia they cost about 3 times the
price of DAT tapes for about the same capacity.
Cheers.
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