Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 21:28:25 +0200 (CEST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: ken@plutotech.com, jedgar@fxp.org, chris@thedial.com, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AIT/DLT Tape Compatibility Message-ID: <199907071928.VAA02645@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907071047270.13468-100000@semuta.feral.com> from Matthew Jacob at "Jul 7, 1999 10:48:26 am"
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As Matthew Jacob wrote ... > > > > > > > > > I need a high capacity tape backup solution for FreeBSD. In the past, I > > > > > have used DAT with no problems, but now I need something quite a bit > > > > > bigger and more reliable. Does FreeBSD support AIT or DLT devices? Would > > > > > these be considered "SCSI" as stated in the FreeBSD FAQ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, AIT and DLT drives are considered SCSI if they use a standard SCSI > > > > interface. As for specific drives, personally I have been using a Sony > > > > SDX-300C (AIT) drive under FreeBSD since pre-3.0. > > > > > > I can also confirm that the SDX-300C works just fine under FreeBSD. It > > > can even hold more than 50G on a single tape. :) > > > > To add to the confusion: DLT2000 and DLT4000 run just fine with FreeBSD. > > I run both models. Don't have a DLT7000 but I have no reason to assume > > it would work any less than the DLT[24]00 drives. > > Why is this confusion? Have I missed a bug report somewhere? Ah, sorry. What I meant is: "the difficulty in choosing a device". More choices -> more confusion. > The Onstream device support is in progress. It's not 50GB for this model, > but that will be coming. I don't own a beast like that. From what I've read about it I probably would not consider it either. My bias, probably.. Wilko -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands - Powered by FreeBSD - |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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