> So far, I'd recommend it over anything else (unless you're > willing to pay > for an AIT drive; which supposedly offers better file seeking > speed, tho at > +$1000 in price). I love AIT. If you're buying it for home use though, AIT is probably too expensive. Transfer speeds are very fast though. I have a 40 tape AIT changer set up as nearline storage on a Sun E3500, basically, it acts like a 4TB disk. I have a 36GB disk cache, and when the cache gets above 80% full, it starts archiving to tape. I can copy files onto the disk cache, and they go to tape almost as fast as I can copy them. It takes about a day of copying to actually get the cache to sneak up to 100% full. When I access a file that has been archived, the changer can load it and find it in under a minute usually. AIT is fast. But the changer was nearly $30k, and tapes are around $100 each (50GB uncompressed, 100GB avg compressed). Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom [mailto:chrome at real-time.com] > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 3:42 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: VXA tape drives (was:Re: [TCLUG] Burners) > > > > Anyone have good recommendations on these or other? I'm > also looking at > > getting a tape backup. I've been looking at the VXA > systems, anyone > > have experience with these things? Or is there a > comparable unit out > > there that doesn't cost $900 for a 66GB BU system? > > We've got a VXA drive here at work. I've only used it a few > dozen times; > but so far I've been *very* happy with it. it's fast, it doesn't spew > hardware errors to the logs (like lots of DAT and Travan > drives); and seems > to be of reasonably solid construction (both tapes and drive). > > downside is that the tapes are $80/ea. > > So far, I'd recommend it over anything else (unless you're > willing to pay > for an AIT drive; which supposedly offers better file seeking > speed, tho at > +$1000 in price). > > Carl Soderstrom > -- > Network Engineer > Real-Time Enterprises > (952) 943-8700 > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >