[lug] Tape Drives on Linux

[dan radom]

I haven't really thought about it much.  If you're somewhat interrested I can quote you a price in the next day or two.

dan

* Malcolm Carlson (mcc2001 at qwest.net) wrote:
> How much are you asking for the AIT-1 drive and tapes?
> 
> 
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> 
> On 11/9/01, 1:01:33 PM, "dan radom" <dradom at redback.com> wrote regarding 
> Re: [lug] Tape Drives on Linux:
> 
> 
> > adaptec 2940.  i've been thinking of getting rid of my sony sdx-s300c 
> (25/50 Gig drive with 7 tapes and an adaptec 2940uw card.  any takers?
> 
> > * Greg Horne (jeerygh at hotmail.com) wrote:
> > >      Okay, maybe SCSI is what I need then.  If I were to use SCSI i'd
> > >      want to use a PCI add-on card (motherboards don't support SCSI) and 
> an
> > >      External drive.  Any recomendations there?
> > >
> > > - - -
> > > Greg Horne
> > >
> > > Thursday, November 08, 2001, 8:45:15 AM, you wrote:
> > >
> > > JK> On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Greg Horne said:
> > >
> > > >> I'm don't want to use iomega drives anymore.  Does anybody have
> > > >> suggestions as to which tape drives work the best under Red Hat Linux?
> > > >>
> > > >> I Need
> > > >> -------
> > > >> 1. External (Unless there is a really good internal drive, but I have
> > > >>    about 8 servers that will need to be using backup, so...)
> > > >> 2. Non-SCSI
> > > >> 3. At least 2GB storage capacity on the tapes
> > >
> > > JK> Sorry, I can't make a direct recommendation, but I will say that your 
> luck
> > > JK> would likely be better dealing with SCSI drives.  That way you avoid 
> the
> > > JK> necessity of a driver other than having the appropriate SCSI kernel
> > > JK> support and the mt pkg.
> > >
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