Re: tlug: DAT tape drive

[Felix Morley Finch <felix@example.com>]

>>In article <199803050419.NAA01348@example.com>, Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com> writes:

> Hi,
> does anybody know where to get cheap DAT tape drives?
> Which ones are supported by Linux? I need a capacity of about
> 2-4GB (uncompressed).

May I suggest, unless you have to have DAT format, a Seagate CTT8000
internal or its external equivalent, or the other compatible brands
(H-P, ?).  Uses DT-4200 / QIC-3095 tapes, 2 GB (4 GB compressed) ($30)
or Travan TR-4, 4/8 GB ($45).  SCSI.  It backs up my 2.5 GB of data
and reads it back for verification in about 2 hours, and it's a funky
old 486 system.

I've been using it for almost a year and have had no problems yet.
I think they cost $200-$300, but I've forgotten what I paid for it,
and prices have probably dropped since then anyway.

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