Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] DAT drive recommendations ?
From: David Kelly (dkelly@hiwaay.net)
Date: Tue Feb 03 1998 - 21:07:57 EST
Tony Moran writes:
>
> Hi, I have a i86/IDE Linux-netatalk machine I need to
> do regular large backups on..
>
> Can anyone recommend a good DAT drive that theyve
> had good experiences with hardware and running under
> Linux-wise ?
Haven't run Linux in a long time but do a lot of FreeBSD, Irix, and
Solaris. Seagate/Conner/Archive DDS/DAT are the most trouble free and
most compatible drives I've used.
The two WangDAT 3100's I had (one replaced the other under warranty)
suggest that is one brand to stay away from.
We have (3) Sony SDT5200's at work. Works perfectly with software that
knows exactly what a Sony SDT5200 is (ie: Retrospect on a Mac). Limps
along under Solaris and Irix with poor or no control of compression.
Similar disaster using Seagate's Backup Exec under NT where Seagate 4mm
OEM'd by SGI worked perfectly.
Another endorsement of Seagate/Conner/Archive drives came the the
morning I spend on the phone calling Seagate, Sony, and Exabyte, looking
for a programmer's manual. Never got to the right person at Sony, was
trying to figure out if a non-disclosure agreement was needed. Exabyte
came right out with a part number and price of $55. Seagate quickly
said, "you need number so-and-so, let me send you one." It was exactly
what I was looking for.
Now I personally own (5) Seagate DDS drives and (2) Archive QIC-9135
drives.
http://www.basoncomputer.com was advertising an Archive 4326RP (I think
it was, I'm offline right now) for $399. That's an older model of the
current Seagate ST8000 (again I'm guessing the number from memory, not
to be confused with their low end PC market toy-QIC 8000 drive). DDS-1
and DDS-2 (2G and 4G) plus compression (maybe 4G and 8G). I have 3 of
these (purchased elsewhere). Looks like this to FreeBSD:
% dmesg
Copyright (c) 1992-1997 FreeBSD Inc.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE #0: Sat Dec 13 20:23:20 CST 1997
root@nospam.hiwaay.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/PPRO166
[...]
(ahc0:5:0): "ARCHIVE Python 28388-XXX 4.CM" type 1 removable SCSI 2
st0(ahc0:5:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13, drive empty
(ahc0:6:0): "ARCHIVE ANCDA 2750 28077 -003" type 1 removable SCSI 2
st1(ahc0:6:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x0, drive empty
The python is the DDS-2 drive, the ANCDA is my QIC-9130 Archive
Anaconda.
-- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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