Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 13:30:19 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Lester P. Wang, MD." <lpwang@stoner.sinet.com> Cc: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>, Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Jim Marker <jemstone@ifx.net>, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any SCSI Tape Drive OK? Message-ID: <19970927133019.22191@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <342C7D0D.3D1D7791@stoner.sinet.com>; from Lester P. Wang, MD. on Fri, Sep 26, 1997 at 10:27:09PM -0500 References: <m0xEaVl-0003c6C@stoner.sinet.com> <19970927092008.31121@lemis.com> <342C7D0D.3D1D7791@stoner.sinet.com>
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On Fri, Sep 26, 1997 at 10:27:09PM -0500, Lester P. Wang, MD. wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> >> On Fri, Sep 26, 1997 at 08:06:14AM -0500, Lester P. Wang wrote: >>> I just bought an Archive 4586NPR external model for $379 from >>> CSC. (http://www.corpsys.com) The tape drive is an autoloading tape drive >>> that can hold up to 12 DAT drives. Mine appears completely new. These are >>> sold as refurbished. According to the sales person, they found a warehouse >>> full of them. Archive was bought out by Conner. Conner was bought out by >>> Seagate. The drive is also known as a Seagate 4586NPR. From what I have >>> read from the web, it works with FreeBSD and Amanda. I am in the process >>> of getting my system up. >>> P.S. The internal model is $279. >> >> I've had one of these (the internal version) for about 10 months now. >> I've been very happy with it. >> >>> From what I have heard, it takes up more than one FH slot because of >>> the cartridge. >> >> No, that's not correct. If you buy the 12-cartridge cassette, which I >> personally feel a waste of money ($100), it operates in the open >> position. The 4-cartridge cassette fits inside, so it can operated in >> the closed position. In either case, it takes up two half-height >> slots. > > Just out of curiousity. Does the 2.2.2 port make use of the SCSI > changer abilities of this tape drive? I've heard that it does, but I haven't tried it. For the purposes I use, it's adequate that 'eject' moves to the next cartridge, since I just use it for cyclical backups. > I've seen that Amanda 2.3.0.4 makes use of the changer capabilities. I don't use Amanda? > Are you using the drive to backup any other OS's like Linux, Win 95 > and NT? What's that? Seriously, I don't use any of these systems. But I would can't imagine that you would have any difficulty using it the way I am. Greg
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