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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: I need help with DAT units !! X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 21 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DLLtLs.7G0@ritz.mordor.com> References: <3103DC10.3D7@bemarnet.es> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 22:39:27 GMT Antonio Navarro Navarro (webmaster@bemarnet.es) wrote: : Hello ! : : I need to connect a DAT Backup unit to the FreeBSD machine that hosts my : Web server. I want a capacity of 8 to 16 Gb. but I want to be sure that : the unit works fine. I have an Adaptec SCSI-II controller. : : Please, if you are using a DAT unit tell me the manufacturer name and : model of the unit. (Do you know something about the Sony and Wangdat : DAT's ??) I have had good luck with both WangDAT and Archive/Conner DAT drives. I think the newer Archive/Conner Python units have a longer MTBF and are a bit faster than the WangDATs in similar capacities. Also note, I doubt you'll get much more than 8gb on a 120m tape unless you're backing up a lot of files filled with highly compressible data (not likely on a web box). Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451