[1634] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Large Tape Drive Recommendations?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (art s. kagel IFMX x2697)
Mon Mar 31 10:20:38 1997
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 10:17:37 -0500 (EST)
From: "art s. kagel IFMX x2697" <kagel@dg1.bloomberg.com>
To: Andy Poling <andy@realbig.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970328010831.29749T-100000@ws.realbig.com>
I purchased a Conner QIC-3280 drive 2GB w/o compression from a place
called 'The Corporate Center', the drive has been solid and fast enough
for me. Conner/Seagate discontinued the drive when the QIC-3295 drives
came out so this place has them on closeout for $139! I am not in my
office today so I cannot look up their URL, however, I got it from
someone on the list who had bought some tape drives from them before.
Maybe someone else remembers the URL?
If you want a current product the QIC-3295 (3GB) drives from Seagate and
others are about $330 and are generally available.
The DAT market has been supplanted by the DLT products which are faster
than 4mm DAT and have better capacity then 8mm DAT, so...
Art S. Kagel, kagel@ts1.bloomberg.com
On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Andy Poling wrote:
> I've been using an HP 1533 DDS-2 SCSI DAT for a couple of years to back up
> my system. Now it's gone and died and suddenly a good DAT drive is hard to
> find. Ugh.
>
> What's a good reliable SCSI (narrow) tape drive with alot of capacity (I
> need to back up over 2GB)? I don't think I can afford DLT...
>
> Thanx.
>
> -Andy
>
> PS - What happened to the DAT drive market? HP's DATs have suddenly
> disappeared, and the Sony's and Conner's that a client bought just didn't
> work well at all.
>
> Global Auctions
>
