I got a 40G Maxtor Firewire Drive. I just got it yesterday, so not sure
about the whine yet. But, it is a room which is not very quick anyway, so I
doubt I would hear it anyway.
I have a Lacie DDS-3 Tape Drive. I have had it for at least a year now, and
it is working pretty well. No complaints.
Jeff
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Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Director - Information Systems, Turner's Outdoorsman
http://www.turners.com
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Organization: CropCircle Research International
> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 01:57:27 -0500
> To: Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Backup Problems
>
> jeff -
>
> you're describing my soon-to-be situation to a 'T': I'll be buying an
> EXTERNAL IEEE 30gig probably tomorrow, using it for backup of my G4/400
> AGP/9.0.4 -- I don't have a tape drive yet, but am plannng on buying
> one in the near future.
>
> questions:
> 1) what kind of IEEE drive do you have? So many brands: Maxtor,
> Western Digital, EZQuest, IBM. Is yrs QUIET (ie, it doesn't have a
> high-pitched whine that goes thru yr head and gives you a fever from the
> neck up), and is it reliable?
>
> 2) what kind of tape backup system did you decide on? are you happy
> with it? is it reliable? I'm leaning towards an HP DDS-3 or -4 ... IF
> it's compatible with Macs ... I'm not sure about this
>
> 3) pls, if anyone writes to you privately, I'd appreciate getting a Fwd
> re: what the fix will be to get the Firewire drive synched-up with yr
> 'puter. (I figure the more info I have going in, the easier my own
> set-up ... I'm out here in the boonies, no helpers around at all ...)
>
> thanks kindly,
>
> - ilyes
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