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  From: Michael Sztachanski <michaels@turbolinux.com.au>
  To  : Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com>
  Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 14:55:01 +1100

Re: Experience with DAT or DLT vs Travan?

Richard Sharpe wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> At one of my sites we are experiencing problems with Travan style tape
> drives ...
> 
> We use them every day with Amanda, and we have seen two Travan drives give
> up in the last two months.
> 
> We are considering a move to DAT or DLT.  DLT is more expensive than DAT,
> but has twice the capacity: 40GB uncompressed vs 20GB uncompressed (DDS4),
> but is somewhat more expensive (not quite twice ...).
> 
> What have been the experiences with these devices out there, especially
> where they are used (written to) each day?
> 
> Regards
> -------
> Richard Sharpe, sharpe@ns.aus.com


Hi, Richard,

I'm using a 20/40Gb DLT drive everyday for network-wide backup on our
internal network, it was secondhand at purchase and has been running now
for over six months and hasn't missed a beat.

cheers
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