[5157] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Problem with Scsi Tapes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kim-Ee Yeoh)
Tue Nov 17 06:35:41 1998
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:12:52 -0600 (CST)
From: Kim-Ee Yeoh <yeoh@cs.wisc.edu>
To: Dan Stromberg <strombrg@nis.acs.uci.edu>
cc: brian@nycrc.net, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <3649CD76.24950A8@nis.acs.uci.edu>
On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> I use a Travan (TR-4) drive at home, and it's been nothing but reliable.
>
> I think it might be a seagate tho.
>
> I've heard travans will have problems if you don't retension your tapes now
> and then. But like I suggested above, I've had absolutely no problems with
> my drive, and I haven't done much retensioning.
>
> Mine's "the scsi model", not the IDE, and I use it on an NCR53c815.
I recently bought a factory repaired Seagate/Conner SCSI T4 SureStor
(internal) running off a Mylex BT-958 and have been rather pleased with
it. I use a dump/restore combination to test the reliability of backups
and haven't had any problems so far. One thing to note is that the manual
recommends cleaning the drive head with a alcohol-soaked swab after every
two hours of continuous use.
The drive was under $150 while the tapes went for about $17. I'd be hard
pressed to find anything as cost-effective as this.
-- Kim-Ee
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