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In article <4899@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU> rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronald J. Vaniwaarden) writes:
>I am considering the purchase of a tape drive.  Can anyone give me some
>information on the Irwin units?  I am curious as to how well their software
>performs as to a command line restore, PM interface, scheduling unattended
>backups, and price.  Can someone fill me in as to some of these details?

Well I own an accutrack and have the pm software. First the software
is a bit buggy, and tends to crash the system. But I have had no
problems once I start a backup or a restore and I haven't had any
tapes corrupted. But they defintly need to do more testing. Also
when you install it, DO NOT LET IT MODIFY YOUR CONFIG.SYS IT WILL
DESTROY IT!!!! 

As for the tapes themselves. I can backup my 210 drive in around 1/2
hour. The tape software itself, when it works, is quite powerful. It
has a library function so it keeps tracks of whats on your tapes so
if you want to find something you don't have to start searching
tapes. I also believe it has a time function but for the life of me
I can't remember and I'm at school so I can't check it out.

All in all the hardware is fine, its fast and reliable and not all
that expensive. Their compression algorithm is fairly good averaging
between 1.5:1 and 2:1. (I got around 1.8:1 when I backed up my drive
and 99% of my material is executable code) And I don't think their
PM software will give you any long term problems but you should be
aware that it is buggy.

				The Jester

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