Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:02:20 +0100 From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> To: Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [offtopic] DLT 1 vs. DLT 40/80 tape drive recommendation? Message-ID: <20010119160220.B9580@curry.mchp.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <3A65D07D.B1AF84C2@i-clue.de>; from christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 06:03:57PM %2B0100 References: <3A65D07D.B1AF84C2@i-clue.de>
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On Wed, 17-Jan-2001 at 18:03:57 +0100, Christoph Sold wrote: > Hi Folks, > > apologies for being offtopic, but I didn't know where else to ask. > Pointy hat my direction please. > > I plan to switch to DLT for our backup system. I calculated a single > drive with 40G capacity (uncompressed) will suffice. There are DLT 1 > drives (e.g. HP SureStore DLT 1e) as well as DLT 40/80 drives (e.g. HP > SureStore 80e). The latter cost more than twice the former. Both claim > to store 40G uncompressed onto the same tape. What's the difference? > I won't comment on HP hardware (if they use a Quantum drive it might be OK). > Recommendations which device works with dump and tar running FreeBSd > 4.2-S? I have used a Quantum DLT4700 changer (DLT4000 drive, 20GB) with great success. I am now using a QUALSTAR TLS-6110 changer (DLT8000 drive, 40GB). This works great as well. I use gtar from ports. -Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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