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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.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!Utrecht.NL.net!news.iaf.nl!news.es.iaf.nl!yedi!wilko From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Subject: Re: Tape Backup Options Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands Message-ID: <DrGtsL.12H@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <4n5l94$rqq@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> <4nb2d0$20d@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 21:17:09 GMT Lines: 39 j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes: >jaitken@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Aitken) wrote: >> MFG DESC PRICE >> ----- -------------------- ----- >> Conner Tapestor 4000 $345 >> Conner Tapestor 3200 Travan $259 >> CMS T1000 Tape Backup $155 >> > 4.8. What types of tape drives are supported under FreeBSD? >> > >> > FreeBSD supports SCSI, QIC-02 and QIC-40/80 (Floppy based) tape drives. >> > This includes 8-mm (aka Exabyte) and DAT drives. The QIC-40/80 drives >> > are known to be slow. >> >> Unfortunately, I don't know if the above mentioned drives fit this >> description. Any suggestions? >QIC 40/80 enhancements. You are free to call them `crap', that's why >they are so cheap. >Get a used old Archive Viper 150 for a rock-solid and most likely < >US$ 400 drive, or perhaps even a Wangtek 5150EQ (QIC-02 with separate >interface card, most likely even cheaper than the Viper). There are also QIC-02 interfaced Vipers. Get a SCSI variant preferably. >Even DAT is called crap by many people... In general terms: for professional use all helical scan based tapes are considered crap by many people. Note that this includes the Exabyte drives. If you got $$ to burn: get a Quantum DLT unit. (lots of $$ BTW :-} >-- >cheers, J"org