[5122] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Problem with Scsi Tapes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (root)
Thu Nov 12 23:18:09 1998
From: root <root@myriad.wintermute.co.uk>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:44:10 +0000 (GMT)
In-Reply-To: <19981107010332.61758@nycrc.net> from "brian@nycrc.net" at Nov 7, 98 01:03:32 am
> and ANY scsi tape would work. So I bought a less expensive
> HP Surestore T4i. This drive uses the Travan TR-4 4.0GB cartridges.
I have an HP Colorado T4000S. I think this is the forerunner of the T4i and
is now no longer available (??). I have it on a (pretty horrid) AHA1515 card.
> had problems with traven tapes. Anyone able to confirm this? If
The T4000s uses TR-4 4GB cartridge too. No problems to date (fingers crossed).
> so are there any low cost scsi tape drives that have no problems?
Well, I guess the T4000s - if you can get your hands on one.
BTW, someone else mentioned 'afio' for compressing backups. This compresses the
archive on a file-by-file basis, so if something goes horribly wrong you only
loose the files that are actually corrupt - not the whole show.
I can whole-heartedly recommend afio. I use it with the example scripts
tweaked (quite a bit) to back-up a Linux server and a handful of Win95 machines
using Samba. Works a treat.
Martin Munt.
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