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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!mr.net!newshub.tc.umn.edu!fu-berlin.de!irz401!orion.sax.de!uriah.heep!news From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: best backup mechanism Date: 23 Feb 1997 22:15:12 GMT Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden Lines: 36 Message-ID: <5eqfhg$cch@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <32F8E783.41C67EA6@zxcv-pc.jumpnet.com> <01bc1470$bd9543e0$0801a8c0@teds.portsoft.com> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.heep.sax.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35988 "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@portsoft.com> wrote: > The original SCSI tape drives that people used were 1/4" standard-sized > cartridge drives. You might be able to buy one of these at the above URL, > but I think the largest size commonly used was 1.3GB They are available much larger now. I'm using a Tandberg 2.5 GB drive, plus hardware compression. It can read cartridges down to QIC-24, and write down to QIC-120. > There were a few hybrid drives that came out that used the QIC-80 > minicartridge tapes crossed with a SCSI interface, no information on > whether or not these will work for you. They usually use proprietary cartridges and/or recording formats, alas. > Later on people used 8mm DAT drives. For example, you can get an Exabyte > 8200 2GB dat drive for $350 at the above URL or an 8500 5GB drive for $800 > The 8500's can be upgraded to hardware compression with a board for an > extra $300, they then are 8500C's Beware of Exabyte. They are the ``firmware patch of the week'' company. Once you've obtained a firmware for your Exabyte drive that works for you, it's great. But you often have to go a thorny way to that point. (I've got an EXB8500 drive at work that won't spit out its cartridge anymore. I'm already _very_ used to its innards, i can disassemble and assemble the drive with closed eyes, but still, i cannot figure out why the heck it doesn't properly rewind the tape.) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)