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From: terry@eesun1.eece.ksu.edu (Terry Hull)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Andataco Exabyte subsystem
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Date: 13 Jun 90 20:47:02 GMT
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optigfx!optis31!zepf@trout.nosc.mil (Tom Zepf) writes:

>We have purchased two Exabyte drives from Andataco over the last year and
>a half. I have one connected to a 3/60 and the other connected to a 3/260.
>I am currently running SunOS 4.1, but have used the drives with SunOS
>4.0.1. The original drive we bought worked fine for about a year, but
>pretty much doesn't work at all now. 

Is this what the rest of you Exabyte users experience?  I can't afford to
have two of these things sitting around just to keep one working, and
neither can I afford to have my primary backup device down half of the
time.  Am I crazy for even considering an Exabyte as a primary backup
method?  If I buy one, does it need to be on maintenance?   

Terry Hull 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University
Work:  terry@eece.ksu.edu, rutgers!ksuvax1!eecea!terry
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