[5088] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Problem with Scsi Tapes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark R. Lindsey)
Wed Nov 11 04:54:10 1998
From: mark@vielle.datasys.net (Mark R. Lindsey)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:21:37 -0500
Reply-To: mark@vielle.datasys.net (Mark R. Lindsey)
To: brian@nycrc.net, Kai.Makisara@metla.fi
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
: > Any well-behaving (according to the standard) scsi tape should work.
: >
: > > HP Surestore T4i. This drive uses the Travan TR-4 4.0GB cartridges.
: >
: > The HP Travan drives have not always been "well-behaving" ;-(
:
: Thanks for the info. I have heard that Travan tapes were flaky but
: I just wanted to verify it with someone.
Two weeks of daily, 3-gig backups killed my first TR-4 drive, and one
week killed the second. It's still sitting on a supply shelf.
We wasted $500 on HP Travan drives, replacement, and media. Don't make the
same mistake yourself.
(We should have sent it back when we saw that the tapes don't even actually
fit in the drive. ;)
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