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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------