I use the sony SDX-S300C (AIT drive) here for backup without
any problems at all. All you need is tar or any other type of
backup system. (Amanda, Arkeia, or whatever).
I've used and currently use plain 'tar' for network backups
mostly due to it's low-cost (free). But for commercial use
Arkeia is a good product but can get costly.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Kwasigroch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 14:35
Subject: Sony SDX-300C/SDX-500C AIT tape drives on Linux?
> I bought a Sony DAT SDT-7000, worked fine with DDS1 (90m) tapes for
> months but I recently found that the drive writes DDS2 (120m) tapes fine
> but has some sort of problems reading these DDS2 tapes. I've done
> everything that's stated in Sony's "Unix Compatibility guide" but I
> could not solve the problem yet. I heard from another guy having the
> same problems with the SDT-7000.He said, HP works, Sony doesn't.
>
> A call to the SONY hotline revealed they don't want to support Linux.
> The guy was bored and didn't want to help. I stated that I also have
> this problem with Solaris 7 but all he said was that he only supports
> the drive on Solaris when I use some commercial backup software.
>
> Conclusion: To get UNIX support from SONY I have to buy some expensive
> commercial backup software to proof that the drive has problems. This is
> what I call "NO SUPPORT" at all.
>
> Next time I buy HP.
>
> Has anybody else problems with SONY drives on Linux or other UNICES?
>
> Best regards
>
> Michael Kwasigroch ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
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