pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) (08/24/90)
karl@naitc.uucp (Karl Denninger) writes: >In article <3417@rsiatl.UUCP> pda@rsiatl.UUCP (Paul D. Anderson) writes: >>Has anyone been using an Exabyte (or related drive)? How fast is >>it? Does it require special utilities or will tar or cpio >>drive it with No Problem through a specific device (and what device >>is that?) HELP! >Well, if you build for SCSI tape on the 1542, it works great. I backup >about 6 systems every night to it over Ethernet. Peak speeds reach >10MB/minute. I've got two related questions: 1) How do 8mm video tape streamers compare to DAT streamers (like Wangtek's) in regard of their price, reliability, and tape price. Which system will become "standard" ? 2) We will still need to use our Archive VIPER SCSI tape unit. This will mean having two tape units on the 1542. tape(7) says: Bits 4-7 (the high order nibble of the minor number) indicate the drive number. This means it should be possible to mknod say /dev/tape2, but I will be very interested to hear if anyone actually tried this. Thanks in advance. PS. The original article(s) were posted with 'Distribution: na' so don't try to find them if you don't live in North America. -- Pim Zandbergen domain : pim@cti-software.nl CTI Software BV uucp : uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ctisbv!pim Laan Copes van Cattenburch 70 phone : +31 70 3542302 2585 GD The Hague, The Netherlands fax : +31 70 3512837