I've never ran one on FreeBSD, but I've used several DDS-3 drives of all kinds of flavors. I've had some problems with some Seagate ones, but aside from that, I've had no problems. The only thing I'd keep in mind, and that I've experienced is that the DDS-3 tapes are not designed for heavy use. From what I've done, using 5 tapes a week, one a day, I end up throwing the tapes out (after destroying them) after about 4-6 months...which is fairly average from what I've heard. Also, a cleaning tape, though I never believed it till I saw & used it, increased the life of the tapes slightly, and I assume it also extends the life of the drive...but I've never seen one croak, so I don't know.
Hope I helped, --Brian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Peter Erickson Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 7:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tape Backup I am running Freebsd 4.6 and my dds-2 tape backup drive just died on me. I am interested in moving up to a bigger capacity drive so does anyone have any recommendations? I am not interested in anything high end, this is just for my system at home. I was looking at the dds-3 drives, but before i went out and bought one, I would like opinions and or recommendations. Thanks in advance. -- Peter Erickson To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
