From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Nov 10 16:53: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from longacre.demon.co.uk (longacre.demon.co.uk [158.152.156.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B8D614E76 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:52:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from searle@longacre.demon.co.uk) Received: (from searle@localhost) by longacre.demon.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA40211; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:52:20 GMT (envelope-from searle) Message-ID: <19991111005138.43321@longacre.demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:51:38 +0000 From: Michael Searle To: mjacob@feral.com, Marc van Kempen Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: onStream? References: <199911102306.AAA24666@bowtie.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Matthew Jacob on Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 03:15:51PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 03:15:51PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > > >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. > So DATs are unreliable. They also cost 3 times more than the OnStream. As to DLT, well I'm certainly not spending 1500ukp on a tape, however reliable it is. (although I've heard that they aren't very reliable either, just fast...) Is the OnStream more reliable than a Travan? Because that is the only drive of comparable price and capacity that I've seen. Michael. -- searle@longacre.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message