Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 11:32:15 -0700 (PWT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Karl Denninger <karl@Denninger.Net> Cc: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question - Onstream SCSI Streamer Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9905071131460.1661-100000@feral.com> In-Reply-To: <19990507133118.B266@Denninger.Net>
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> > > "low-cost drive with a proprietary interface". Even though it has a > > > SCSI connector, it's not a tape drive in the traditional (SCSI) sense. > > > It'll take special drivers to talk to this puppy. > > > > > > If you're feeling brave and lucky, OnStream is selling "new" > > > internal Quantum DLT-2000XT's for $649 (15GB capacity, uncompressed ). > > > Note that these are "brand new" obsolete drives. You'd better read the > > > fine print (especially on warranty, shipping, and "defective products"), > > > but check out: > > > > I would not recommend the XT given the media incompatibilities they've > > been known to have. > > The XTs are fine - but they cannot read or write tapes written on a > DLT 4000 or 7000. > > They can read and write 10GB (2000) and 15GB (DLTIII-XT) media, along with > older DLT formats. > > The big problem with the 2000XTs is the cost and availability of the tapes. > To get full capacity you need the XT length tapes (15GB) which are NOT > second-sourced. As such you're going to get positively raped on the > media cost since there is no competition (no Fuji tapes, for example). > > I had two of these at MCS - they were rock-solid and reliable. However, > unless you can reliably source media they're going to be trouble down the > road. I had several at Legato. By mistake an XT tape placed into a 2000 destroyed it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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