From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 26 21:10:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA22088 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:10:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw (daemon@freebsd.csie.nctu.edu.tw [140.113.235.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA22016 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:09:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw (8.8.7/8.8.5) id MAA24312; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 12:03:00 +0800 (CST) To: questions@freebsd.org Path: not-for-mail From: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Newsgroups: mailing.freebsd.questions Subject: Re: Any SCSI Tape Drive OK? Date: 27 Sep 1997 12:02:59 +0800 Organization: NCTU CSIE FreeBSD Server Lines: 24 Message-ID: <60i0hj$nnk$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. Greg