Re: IDE DAT Drive?
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Robert Davies wrote:
> > From: "Russell Coker" <russell@coker.com.au>
> > To: "Peter Billson" <pete@elbnet.com>; <debian-isp@lists.debian.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 3:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: IDE DAT Drive?
> >
>
> > On 2000-11-22 11:44, Peter Billson wrote:
> > >Can anyone offer any info about IDE DAT Backup tape drives for use under
> > >Debian? The How-tos all talk about floppy drives and I am not sure if
> > >some/all/none of these drives are supported.
> >
> > DAT isn't what I would choose to use for backups. DAT isn't known for
> > long-term reliability.
<snip>
> Tape still has lowest cost per gigabyte. Earlier this year the
> Onstream IDE drives with 30GB capacity were the most cost effective,
> and having used ADR-50's from Onstream, they appear to be much more
> robust than DAT or DDT technology. Time will tell, the mechanisisms
> are simpler so there should be a lower MTBF. The IDE versions are
> supported by the kernel since 2.2.16, patches were available before
> then, and tend to be faster and more robust than DAT technology which
> is based on consumer audio recording. Consumer grade components are
> cheap, but tend to fail.
So, what software would one use to drive this? It sounds like the
hardware is about right (we're using QIC-80's right now). A real solution
involves good software as well as good media.
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