* James Sutherland (jas88@cam.ac.uk) [000608 11:58]:
> > Since when does UDMA/66 provide FOUR devices per channel?
>
> It doesn't. You get an UDMA/33 controller (= two channels) and a UDMA/66
> controller (=another two channels). Total four channels, eight drives.
So it's two controllers for eight drives, better use only four of them.
> > (OTOH, where do I buy IDE SLR tape drives ;-)
>
> SLR = self loading rifle. You want to shoot your backup tapes?! :-)
SLR = scalable linear recording. Just depends on your point of view :-)
Very robust in my experience and really cheap to buy used, getting e.
g. 100% working SLR 2 drives (525 MB) for less than $10 is feasible.
> Seriously: ISTR there are IDE/ATAPI tape drives out there. You just need
> to look...
Yup. The last time I looked, I found some Seagate Travan drives that
lacked the "NS" features such as verify-while-write. Not really useful
for backup.
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