Re: Linux backup compatible products

[Mark Wilson (P. Kay Associates Ltd.)]

Hi,

I've also had problems with Ditto Max - they're slow if you can get them
to work; on some machines they work intermittently and on others not at
all.

IDE Travan drives are fast, reliable and easy to install in my experience,
but I can't vouch for the models you mention. The same applies to SCSI
drives.

Best Regards,

Mark Wilson

P. Kay Associates Ltd.


On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Fabio Lissandrini wrote:

> Having definitely abandoned the possibility of a professional use of the
> ditto max tape drive (41 hours for filling a 5/10GB tape is not
> acceptable!), I'm now looking at the market of backup units capable of
> almost
> 5BG (not compressed) capacity.
> I'm evaluating the following products:
> - HP Colorado (suitable in 5-8-14-20 GB format) IDE travan tape drive
> - the new DVD-RAM drives (such as SD-W1101 and SD-W1111 from Toshiba)
> The latter solution is, according to me, very interesting.
> 
> Do anyone known something about the compatibility (and affidability) of
> these solutions with
> Linux? Are them expected to work fine without any non-standard support, as
> far as they are standard IDE or SCSI devices? I hope this, but unfortunately
> it's impossible to try them before buying... and I'd like to avoid another
> "ditto max" experience.
> 
> Regards
> Fabio Lissandrini
> 
> 
>