Hi,
Yes, I'd like to know where I can get an SCSI
DDS-2 drive for anything like $120! Here in the
UK they are about 350UKP (approx $560).
James
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, fred smith wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 01:11:05PM +0000, Ned Williams wrote:
> > Erik,
> >
> > One question...WHY...floppy tape that is. You can get scsi dats
> > these days for 120 bucks,tapes are 4.99 if you get a DDS-2 drive it will
>
> Please reference some drives/vendors for a decent SCSI drive at prices
> similar to what you gave... I've not been able to find anything but
> Travan drives at reasonable prices, and the media for them are priced
> outrageously ($25-30 each which easily negates the lower price of the
> drives by the time you buy enough media to be useful).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Fred
>
> > back up 4 gigs uncompressed(ie twice that of most ftape drives) and 8
> > gigs at 2:1 hardware compression. Not to mention SCSI is lightyears
> > faster. If your working on a small to mid sized business backup I would
> > go with SCSI. Especially since I'm in the middle of installaling an
> > ATL P3000 here at work(16 dlt 7000,326 cartridges)
> >
> > Ned Williams
> > IMS Health - Strategic Technologies
> >
> > Erik Fleischer wrote:
> >
> > > After finding out that Aiwa's Bolt drive doesn't work under Linux, I
> > > am now considering the purchase of another tape drive. Before I make
> > > the investment, however, I would like to know which tape drives work
> > > WELL under Linux. Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > I'm looking for as inexpensive a drive as I can find, so if anyone
> > > has suggestions for a relatively cheap IDE/ATAPI drive that will
> > > back up 4 GB onto a single tape, please email me.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Erik
> > > _______
> > >
> > > Erik Fleischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
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