Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:51:38 +0000 From: Michael Searle <searle@longacre.demon.co.uk> To: mjacob@feral.com, Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: onStream? Message-ID: <19991111005138.43321@longacre.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911101514410.11884-100000@semuta.feral.com>; from Matthew Jacob on Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 03:15:51PM -0800 References: <199911102306.AAA24666@bowtie.nl> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911101514410.11884-100000@semuta.feral.com>
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On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 03:15:51PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: <snip> > > > > > >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
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