Data Storage - Re: DDS4 tape drive question

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Re: DDS4 tape drive question

Howard Goldstein

2004-12-16, 6:26 pm

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:48:41 -0800, Frank Foss <fozzie_beer@hotmail.com> wrote:
: T.B. wrote:
: > i'll check that out. thanks. any other suggestions?
:
: Yes:
: Run away from DDS drives.
: Low reliability on flimsy tapes, tape tension over the drum is high,
: tapes wear out quickly. etc etc

Wholehearted second. I had nothing but trouble with DDS, worked sort
of okay at first but it just didn't hang in and quickly became
unreliable. Now running used DLT (sort of like Foz recommends)(but
with a power on reset issue per a nearby article subject: "Re: blinky
TH3AA leds")

: Go for a used SDLT unit instead.