[PLUG] BRU backup with CRU crash recovery
Russell Senior
seniorr at aracnet.com
Tue Nov 26 04:16:13 UTC 2002
>>>>> "Galen" == Galen Seitz <galens at seitzassoc.com> writes:
Russell> Just for reference, I just recently bought a Seagate
Russell> "Scorpion" DDS3 12/24gig tape drive for about $230. Needs
Russell> SCSI of course. Tapes were about $6 each.
Galen> Can you tell us where you got this? Is it a new drive?
Galen> Perhaps you know a place to get an autoloader for a reasonable
Galen> price.
<http://www.componentsdirect.com/>
They are a little squirrelly with their product numbering. For
example, they call their external version a 224000N also, even though
Seagate calls their external version a 624000N.
Another thing, the unit I got was an "internal" with a 5.25-inch
bezel. Even though Seagate sells different bezels and their own
literature tells you how to dismantle various things, the unit I got
came with warranty "dots" ("warranty void if broken") that connected
the mechanism body with the steel mounting rails it came with in such
a way as to preclude changing the bezel. Since they were patently
absurd, I didn't hesitate to break them anyway to remove the mounting
rails.
Another curiosity is that the refurb is selling for the same prices as
new, which casts a little doubt on the newness. I must say though,
our unit gave every appearance of mint condition.
When I bought our first 12/24gig DDS3 five years ago or so, it was
nearly $1k, so $229 seemed worth the risk.
And sorry, I don't have any information autoloaders.
--
Russell Senior ``I've seen every kind of critter God ever made,
seniorr at aracnet.com and I ain't never seen a meaner, lower, more
stinkin' yellow hypocrite than you!''
-- Burl Ives as Rufus Hennessy
More information about the PLUG
mailing list