Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:18:57 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: Noor Dawod <noor@comrax.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: SCSI tape back that works under FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011120121857.O76318@monorchid.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <007f01c17164$a3284c40$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <OF7F945520.F850FFD8-ONC1256B09.007D8B2D@use.ch> <002f01c17162$7d190550$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120120938.M76318@monorchid.lemis.com> <007f01c17164$a3284c40$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Tuesday, 20 November 2001 at 2:42:32 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Greg writes: > >> I've been using DDS (so-called DAT) drives for years too, and I've >> had nothing but trouble with them. > > What sort of trouble, Total failure. > and what brand of drives are you using? HP, AIWA, Sony, Conner. > And the obvious question: if they are so much trouble, why have you > been using them for years? What would you replace them with? It's a question of cost. There are very few reliable tape drives. But if disks were anywhere near as unreliable as tapes, people would be up in arms. >> I still estimate the average life to be about 18 months. > > The average life of what? Media or the drive? Drive. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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