Onstream SC30 support
Michel Gravey
So, onstream adr30 should work well. I'm not sure I will use this one. dds
or dat
is maybe a better solution.
Does anyone know good tape drive (native capacity 15-25 gig) for FreeBSD.
I couldn't find anything related to ?ETRIXC? on the web.
So if anyone have a suggestion, I'm interested.
Michel
>Hello, AFAIK SC30 is quiet old and the driver has never been finished. I
>have been using the ADR50 (there is also an ADR30) for two years. It's a
>standard SCSI-Tape, so ist works well with FreeBSD. But I had some
>mechanical problems with OnStream (I had four drives).
>Have a look at the ???ETRIXC??? It's a frech vendor, they supported
>FreeBSD some time ago and their drives have a very good reputation,
>especially recovering data on not-so-well stored media.
>-Harry
----- Original Message -----
From: "David La Croix" <Dav...@dunnsolutions.com>
To: "'Michel Gravey'" <ad...@optogone.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:39 PM
Subject: RE: Onstream SC30 support
> We use these at my company (not on FreeBSD though) ... and I personally am
> not satisfied with their performance / support.
>
> The tape loading mechanism seems to jam often -- The cost per tape is
not
> very good either. IIRC -- they're only 15G drives -- they rarely meet the
> full 30Gig advertised compression rate. The tape jamming problem became a
> serious issue -- It was difficult for a not-admin (receptionist)
responsible
> for rotating tapes to know if the tapes were loaded correctly -- the
backups
> frequently failed.
>
> (the company I work for uses the SC30s for NT/Exchange backups on Backup
> Exec -- I prefer DDS[234] drives)
>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Holger Kipp" <holge...@alogis.com>
To: "Michel Gravey" <ad...@optogone.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: Onstream SC30 support
> Michel Gravey wrote:
> >
> > I have some problems using the onstream di 30 (atapi) with freebsd
that's
> > why I'm asking if the scsi version will work correctly. The di 30 is an
> > atapi tape drive but I couldn't get it working with freebsd.
> > Any help appreciated,
>
> > > The Onstream SC30 is a SCSI tapedrive, so it should work just fine
> > > with FreeBSD.
>
> I feel like an idiot - should have done propper searching... (at least,
> google is my friend ;-) Typing in onstream sc30 freebsd gives:
>
> - Looks like the sc30 is NOT a standard SCSI-2 device.
> - Hmm, and Darryl Okahata wrote (28.08.1999) that is is not supported.
> (I couldn't find any later messages saying 'works now'...)
> So my best suggestion is to go for a standard tape drive, or ask
> onstream directly (some of their newer products look like they do
> support standard SCSI).
>
> Sorry for the misinformation. Mea maxima culpa.
>
> Regards,
> Holger
>
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