On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 06:03:05PM +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote:
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> I've started looking for DDS4 DAT devices, as DDS3 seems to be tight.
> 
> The local vendor has the following, amongst the others.
> 
> IBM Tape 20/40GB DDS4 4mm Int. Drive - "R" ~670 EUR
> DAT HP DDS4 Trade Ready 40x6i 120-240GB int. Autoloader ~1160 EUR (this is a 
> 6x tape library)
> FSC DAT Band-LW DAT DDS4 20GB 2.8MB/s for OBDR - "R" ~730 EUR
> DAT Sony SDT11000 DDS4 20-40GB int 5,25" OEM sans Software, sans Medium ~520 
> EUR
> 
> Given that the 6x tape library is only 2x the price of a vanilla DDS4
> DAT drive, I'm thinking about buying it. Any (positive, negative) experience
> with the DAT HP DDS4 Trade Ready 40x6i 120-240GB int. Autoloader thingy,
> under SPARC Solaris and/or x86 Linux?

I've been using the 40x6i (with amanda on RH 7.3) for about 18 months
with few problems. One problem I did have was the "chg-zd-mtx" did not
work correctly. This has been fixed in 2.4.4. I would recommend it.

-- 
Steve Manuel
System Administrator
FanBuzz Inc.