atom feed18 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-hardwareRe: Strong opinions, anyone?
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Rob SchofieldJun 30, 1998 12:40 am 
Richard FoulkJun 30, 1998 2:13 am 
Greg LeheyJun 30, 1998 2:20 am 
Nick HibmaJun 30, 1998 2:54 am 
Guido KollerieJun 30, 1998 4:02 am 
Louis A. MamakosJun 30, 1998 5:51 am 
Richard FoulkJun 30, 1998 11:26 am 
Mike SmithJun 30, 1998 12:41 pm 
Jin Guojun (ITG staff)Jun 30, 1998 1:09 pm 
Richard FoulkJun 30, 1998 1:41 pm 
Mike SmithJun 30, 1998 1:42 pm 
Greg LeheyJun 30, 1998 4:31 pm 
Richard FoulkJun 30, 1998 6:16 pm 
Dan StrickJun 30, 1998 7:43 pm 
Mike TancsaJun 30, 1998 9:08 pm 
Richard FoulkJun 30, 1998 9:12 pm 
Stephen McKayJul 1, 1998 2:53 am 
Ron 'The Insane One' RossonJul 1, 1998 7:01 am 
Subject:Re: Strong opinions, anyone?
From:Greg Lehey (gr@lemis.com)
Date:Jun 30, 1998 2:20:57 am
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-hardware

On Monday, 29 June 1998 at 23:14:13 -1000, Richard Foulk wrote:

On the following bits of kit:

Tandberg TDC 4220 2.0 G Tape streamer Exabyte EXB-8200TS 2.5 G Tape streamer Fujitsu M295X 4.5 G Disk

Any opinions?

The Exabyte 8200's are cheap,

I'd consider them relatively expensive. DDS drives are much cheaper in Europe. The 8200 is also pretty old now.

reliable

Relatively unreliable. This is old technology (full height stuff). The more recent drives are much better.

and have the lowest media cost of just about any backup device.

Well, I have to agree about something :-)

If you want Exabyte, I've heard of some 8700s going cheap in various places. In view of the improvements recently in the drum life of helical scan tapes, I'd be inclined to go for a more recent one.

Greg

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