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- From: sears@tree.egr.uh.edu (Paul S. Sears)
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- Subject: Re: Which DAT Format to Adopt
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.143605.20308@menudo.uh.edu>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 14:36:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug26.220255.4795@fnbc.com> billb@fnbc.com (Bill Burcham)
- writes:
- =>I think that I want to buy either an HP 35480A 5(8)Gb, or an Archive
- =>4352XP 2(8)Gb DAT drive for backup purposes.
- =>
- =>1) What is your experience with the reliability, support of these two
- =>drives.
- =>
-
- We use an Archive Python for our NeXT cluster (and to remotely backup Suns,
- HPs, DECs, SGIs, etc) and it has been a dream to use. My only gripe is about
- the lack of good, quality backup software. Dump and gnutar just don't always
- cut it...
-
- I have worked with HPs drive (not sure of the model) and it seemed to also be
- a good product. Pretty reliable. Not sure how easy it is to use, because we
- were using HPs built in software via Sam to backup...
-
- =>2) Do these use different formats. If so, then which format would be more
- =>amenable to sharing data with other NeXTs, Suns, or Macs (i.e. which
- =>format is prevalent in the NeXT/Sun/Mac world).
-
- What you need to watch out for is the format of the tape when it is
- compressed, that is if you elect to use compression. There are 2 or 3
- different compression formats and each vendor supports their own. A tape that
- was dumped on an HP drive with compression generally cannot be used on an
- Archive drive. However, if the data is not compressed, then tapes can be
- moved across drives...
-
- =>
- =>Any other comments are welcomed -- I'll summarize.
- =>--
- =>| Bill Burcham | "The real world is the place |
- =>| billb@fnbc.com (NeXTmail) | |
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