> 
> Further to my earlier question about tape drives in general, we
> are now considering buying a Colorado Memory Systems Travan T4000S
> internal SCSI 4GB (62MB/min) drive (phew!). Does anybody have any
> experience of these - i.e. will it work with NetBSD 1.1, is it
> reliable, is it a good buy? A friend of mine said that Travan
> devices are unreliable, but there doesn't appear to be much option
> apart from DAT, which is much more expensive.
> 
> Any suggestions gratefully received,

I've been looking for a tape drive too, and also looked at this possibility.
It depends on how much you're gonna use it, I think. And when.

Travan tapes are relatively expensive. If you take a look at DAT
tapestreamers and tapes, you will see that, if you use this backup system a
lot, and use a wide number of tapes, the DAT streamer would become a real
opponent. And even the price for a 4 Gb DAT streamer isn't that high anymore.
But I must admit, this is only a suggestion, based on the price of the stuff.
I don't have a comparison, based on speed. (How fast is a DAT streamer ?)
I am using a 525 Mb QIC streamer now, because:
	1) My HP9000/300 boots from it (it's a ICL type 3, if youre
		interested. Cost: +- $250, tapes +- $10 pp)
	2) at work we use these type of tapes a lot. This makes it easier to
		tansfer data between work and home, until I've my leased-line.

> 
> 
> Jon
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