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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!news.he.net!newsfeed.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!torus.cs.tu-berlin.de!news From: Pierre Mai <dent@cs.tu-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: S:Experience with Backup-Options for home-use Workstation Date: 09 Jun 1997 19:52:45 +0200 Organization: /etc/organization Lines: 15 Message-ID: <m3206bslxu.fsf@torus.cs.tu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.149.17.217 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.4.37/XEmacs 19.15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42708 Hi All! I'm currently evaluating hardware options for tape-backup of a home-use FreeBSD/Linux workstation. The volume to back up is around 2-4 GB, and I'm looking for a SCSI solution. As I see it, there are currently two "cheap" options, namely DAT or the Seagate TST8000S TR4 unit. With the Seagate being so cheap, does anyone have any experience with it's operation under FreeBSD/Linux, tape-life, reliability, etc. ? Any info would be appreciated... Regs, Pierre.