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Re: Tape & DAT/DDS Recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pete Popov)
Thu Nov 12 15:50:51 1998
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 10:28:49 -0800
From: Pete Popov <ppopov@redcreek.com>
To: Christopher Smith <cbsmith@envise.com>
CC: webmaster@rsa.net, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Christopher Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Pete Popov wrote:
> > Charles Kerns wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I am configuring some new systems and need a recommendation for tape drives. I
> > > normally lean towards the HP line such as the 8i and 24i drives under NT. Do
> > > these drives do well under Linux? The SCSI adpaters being used are the Diamond
> > > Fireport, the Adaptec 7890 U2W (onboard) and ICP Vortex RAID controllers.
> > >
> > > I would also appreciate any recommendations on backup software. Is there
> > > something better than BRU?
> > >
> > > Thank you all for your time!
> >
> > I no longer work for Sony so I hope you'll take my recommendation as an unbiased one.
> > I worked with DDS drives for three years and my recommendation is: for DDS2, Sony's
> > SDT-7000; for DDS3, Sony's SDT-9000. Keep in mind that Sony's drives are OEMed
> > by DEC and DEC has one of the most thorough qualification cycles I've seen.
> >
> > Furthermore, I know for sure that they work damn well with Linux.
> I'd second the SDT-9000 recommendation. We got one, and for a while it
> didn't work at all, and I was ready to tear it to pieces and send some
> hate mail to Sony. Turned out that the power coupling from the case was
> corroded (it was an internal unit). Once we fixed that, the thing has been
> working like a charm. It's fast and increadibly reliable.
Oh, good point. I guess I forgot to mention that -- get a _clean_ noise-free power supply if
you put the drive in an external power supply box or make sure your PC power
supply is not noisy if the drive is internal. You won't believe how many VARs are putting
$1k+ drives in cheap noisy power supplies!
Pete
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