Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 11:49:04 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: pete@pelican.com (Pete Carah) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: QIC-3080: density & length Message-ID: <199601250119.LAA28651@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <m0tf9m8-0000SaC@pelican.com> from "Pete Carah" at Jan 24, 96 10:18:00 am
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Pete Carah stands accused of saying: > >> I have purchased a Conner TSM4000R SCSI tape backup unit. I have > >> found this unit mentioned several times in questions in the mail > >> archives, but unfortunately the replies must have been sent > >> directly, and not forwarded to the list. > > > >Odd, I've read lots of people saying that they're lemons. Sorry. > > Well, I was never able to get one to stream on a SS1000 that easily Ok, that settles it for me. 8) > If you need speed and don't worry about $$$ I'd recommend a DLT, > though I've never tried one (directly; with /etc/rmt it won't > stream from either fbsd or a SS20 but I'd expect that) on freebsd > either :-) As long as fbsd's tape driver can handle variable > blocksize it should be fine. That's really strange; we use rmt for all our backups (Sony SDT-5200) and it streams almost all of the time. The backup server's just a 486 with an NE2000 in it, and it's often running X. You may be loaded more heavily though... > -- Pete -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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