Re: Backup devices

[Maurice Hilarius <maurice harddata com>]

With regards to your message at 02:35 PM 1/4/00 +0100, Jonas Gustavsson. 
Where you stated:
> Where can I find a list of supported backup devices?
>
> Also does anyone know if the Ontrack drive is supported on Alpha Linux?
>
> Later
>
> Jonas Gustavsson
> n Factory
Ontrack? Do you mean Onstream? (Ontrack is a data recovery company).
It is not very compatible (yet).
There is limited support on Linux for the IDE version, but not SCSI yet.
See:
http://www.onstream.com/support/linux/index.html
and:
http://www.onstream.com/support/linux/ide-tape-1.16e.tgz

If you are looking for a nice tape drive (big capacity, reasonable cost) 
look at the VXA1 form Ecrix:
http://www.ecrix.com/

Good Linux compatibility, fast, and clean.
Also, from personal experience we sold 2 Onstream drives, both of which 
broke in the first month of use and had to be replaced.
I have also installed 2 VXA1s which are running fine.

So, you can now tell what I prefer  <grin>



Best regards,

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