Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:15:51 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: onStream? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911101514410.11884-100000@semuta.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <199911102306.AAA24666@bowtie.nl>
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> > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Yes, it never came to much,. > >> > > > > >> > > > Does that mean there's no further development on the OnStream SCSI dri > >ver > >> > > > or that it's just slowed way down? > >> > > > >> > > Now on the bottom of my stack of priorities. Slowed way down as in > >> > > 'glacial'. If I resume it at all, it will be after December. There are f > >ar > >> > > more important things to take care of for FreeBSD than OnStream. > >> > > >> > If someone else seriously wants to take this on, we do have more sample > >> > hardware and documentation. > >> > >> I'll seriously ponder this. I have the need and no desire to do business > >> with Exabyte again. > > > >It's not clear that OnStream is the answer here. I lost some of my > >interest in supporting OnStream when they weren't particularly interested > >in doing a changer. Not only is the amount of running around with this > > What do you mean by "doing a changer"? If you need anything, the guy I spoke > to *may* be able to help. They were not planning to put their drives into larger changers. This meant I could not interest NASA/Ames in picking up and pushing the work. > > >device grief, but for only 25-50GB? It's true that it's a cheap drive, but > >you know, therere are definitely other devices out there too. > > > They have 70GB in the picture and are working on bigger drives. > > The guy I spoke to also claimed that the drives are more reliable than > dat. I've heard mixed reports of reliability, and comparisons with DAT aren't on point. It should be comparisons with DLT and AIT. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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