Matthew Micene wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > > > Does anyone have experience with this type of unit? > > Their website says that it works with BRU & Lone-Tar, but I > > wonder if is it quality hardware that works with cpio, tar, etc. > > I just bought one of these for the office and I must say I am not sure > whether or not to be impressed. I like the amount of space on the tapes, > the native throughput is not bad (about 1Gig/hr). BRU handles the drive > very well, once you patch the kernel to properly use the ide version. As > of yet I have not tried cpio tar etc, however mt works like a charm for > moving around the tape :) I am not an expert cpio user but if you'd > like, privately email me and I can perhaps run some tests for you? What kernel do you use? The OnStream web site seems to indicate that 2.2.16 (which I have) doesn't need to be patched. 1GB/hr? I guess you get what you pay for. At work, we have a DLT-7000 (35GB native) drive plugged (via SCSI-2) into a 466MHz Alpha 4100 and get 12GB/hr. Of course, the DLT drive (a 7 tape stacker) costs $30,000... Can I email you in a month to ask you how you like it? Ron -- +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://ronandheather.dhs.org | +----------------------------------------------------------+
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