lanzo@wgate.wgate.com (Mark Lanzo) (08/09/90)
Greetings netfolk --
I am interested in finding out what is available in the line of
R/W optical disks, and what experience people have
using these with Unix systems.
I am considering using one of these devices for auxillary storage &
backup purposes (not for primary storage -- too slow).
The disk needs to:
* Have standard SCSI interface
* Look like any other disk drive (fully erasable)
* Work neatly and simply with Unix (hopefully the above two items
would guarantee this one)
So if you have any experience using R/W optical drives with Unix
systems, or just have knowledge about what hardware is available,
can you fill me in on these? I am looking for information regarding
all aspects of the problem (such as price/performance/quality etc
of the hardware, manufacturer's level of support, as well as systems
integration information).
Responses by email would be preferable. I will summarize to the
net if there is sufficient interest.
Thanks in advance,
Mark Lanzo
Notes:
For reference purposes -- the machine I currently have in mind for
using the drive with is a HP-9000 series 300 running HP-UX 7.0,
with the HP SCSI interface card (#98265A); however, I will probably
also use the hardware with other systems later.
I am not interested in CD-ROM or WORM drives.
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