Re: reliable tape units
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 02:57:48PM -0700, David Bear wrote: > I wanted to ask this group what their experience was regarding tape > units, what your experience has been regarding reliability and > longevity. I am faced with replacing an AIT tape unit thats just over 3 > years old. Its based on a sony sdx-300 series. Its had minimal use. > > I am really surprised its only last 3 years... but then, I don't know > what to expect. I use Exabyte's Mammoth 2 drive. The drive and tapes have been very reliable--I use tar to do backups daily. Except when I've worn a tape out, it's worked well for the last few years. Kevin ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: reliable tape units
On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 09:42:34 +1100 Rowdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am really surprised its only last 3 years... but then, I don't > > know what to expect. > > > > I have an HP DDS-2 DAT drive that was "refurbished", used in an HP I can tell you what NOT to get. Someone forced Dell Powervaults down my throat here at work. They blow. Have had two replaced so far in less than a month -- 122T's. re, - Matthew Bettinger System Administrator Champion Elevators, Inc Houston, Texas 77061 713.640.8500 - KeyID: 68F0AAC4 Key Fingerprint: 096F 98AE 74FB 984B 2134 5C41 0E94 CF91 68F0 AAC4 Public Key: http://www.championelevators.com/~mbettinger/pub_key.asc ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: reliable tape units
David Bear wrote: I wanted to ask this group what their experience was regarding tape units, what your experience has been regarding reliability and longevity. I am faced with replacing an AIT tape unit thats just over 3 years old. Its based on a sony sdx-300 series. Its had minimal use. I am really surprised its only last 3 years... but then, I don't know what to expect. I have an HP DDS-2 DAT drive that was "refurbished", used in an HP server here at work for a year or so (backups done once per week), and then retired. I snapped up the drive, and I now am doing backups with that drive using Bacula under FreeBSD 5.1 at home on a daily basis with no problems at all. The tapes are also a year or two old, but have not experienced any errors. So the drive is at least 3 or 4 years old, and the tapes are a couple of years old, all works fine :) Dave ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
reliable tape units
I wanted to ask this group what their experience was regarding tape units, what your experience has been regarding reliability and longevity. I am faced with replacing an AIT tape unit thats just over 3 years old. Its based on a sony sdx-300 series. Its had minimal use. I am really surprised its only last 3 years... but then, I don't know what to expect. -- David Bear phone: 480-965-8257 fax:480-965-9189 College of Public Programs/ASU Wilson Hall 232 Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing" ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
