Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 07:30:37 -0700 From: Eric Lee Green <elgreen@iname.com> To: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: external SCSI travan drives Message-ID: <99112707352900.01529@ehome.inhouse> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911221734210.89877-100000@alive.znep.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911221734210.89877-100000@alive.znep.com>
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On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Marc Slemko wrote: > Anyone have any suggestions for a good external SCSI travan tape drive > that works with FreeBSD? Mainly 3.3. > - techmar travan ns20 external scsi (problems: haven't heard of anyone using > one with freebsd, has mechanical eject system that may or may not work right > under freebsd) > - HP surestore T20E (problems: lots of people say they are total crap) > > Any comments? Any NS20 SCSI will work with FreeBSD. I can verify that the Tecmar will work fine with FreeBSD, and the mechanism itself is not as flimsy as with most Travan drives (in particular avoid the Seagate and Tendenburg drives, which have EXTREMELY flimsy plastic gears that tend to "strip out"). I have not personally looked at the HP Surestore. I will just note that NS20 technology does not appear to be the most reliable in the world. Approximately 25% of the time I cannot verify a backup that I just made, no matter what the NS20 drive! Perhaps that's just me and the tapes I have and the machine I have, but it doesn't inspire confidence in me :-(. -Eric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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