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Article #202Re: Need information about DAT drives
From: David Lerner
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <4t83n8$8i9@umbc7.umbc.edu>, hybl@umbc.edu (Dr. Albert Hybl) wrote: > [snip] > How do 4mm DAT drives compare with 8mm models (like Exabyte)? > > How reliable are these devices? > > Does the Linux kernel support a device driver for these DAT drives? > What Linux compatible software can be used for creating backups? > The operating system does not differentiate between 4mm and 8mm drives. The same drivers and backup programs handle both kinds of drives. On some of the systems that I use the drives are daisy chained together. On Linux, as with other Unix systems tar is the most popular tape backup program. Cpio is another "built in" unix program that can create tape archives. Taper is a recent contribution to the Linux community. It offers additional features, but I have not had a chance to look into it. Reliability of both kinds of tape backup devices is excellent for drives that I use at work. I have never been unable to read a tape. However, I have occasional problems with a 7-year-old Exabyte 8200 tape drive that I use at home. David Lerner <dsl@zai.com>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d752,4431b14f6d2f1cff X-Google-Attributes: gid10d752,public X-Google-Thread: 11663c,4431b14f6d2f1cff X-Google-Attributes: gid11663c,public From: zetan@cpcug.org (David Lerner) Subject: Re: Need information about DAT drives Date: 1996/07/27 Message-ID: <gXZ+xIiCZ7Ce083yn@cpcug.org> X-Deja-AN: 170514272 references: <4t83n8$8i9@umbc7.umbc.edu> organization: Capital PC User Group Rockville, MD USA newsgroups: comp.sys.hp.hardware,dc.org.linux-users