Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 20:05:01 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: hal@vailsys.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD questions) Subject: Re: amanda+FreeBSD+DLT, anyone? Message-ID: <199701210305.UAA27642@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <32E3F8EC.7DF4@vailsys.com> from "Hal Snyder" at Jan 20, 97 04:59:56 pm
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> Our Wangtek DAT drive finally quit, needs replacement. > > Is anyone using amanda with FreeBSD to run a DLT drive? If so, is it > working well? Yes. Yes. > I chatted with vendors at Usenix. It looks as if entry level prices are > comparable for DLT and 8mm tape. If I am correct, DLT should be more > reliable as the tape is not in contact with R/W heads as it is with > helical scan such as 8mm. Someone please correct me if I am wrong! Well, the tape doesn't wrap around a rotating head, etc. like with 8mm. Quantum has several white papers on the subject that you might want to review. >From what I've been able to gather, one of the most common DLT problems is a failure of the little "leader" tape that extracts the tape from the cartridge. Also, environment can be a bummer (living in dusty AZ this is a concern for me). Performance *ROCKS*! --don
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