[SunHELP] Onstream tape drives

[Henry Buford III]

Onstream USA ceased business.  Its assets were reacquired by their parent
company in the Netherlands.  Onstream is still in business.  They have never
had a good reputation for producing quality products.  This has been the
main reason for their demise in the USA.


Henry Buford, III 
MCP, MCP+I, MCSE, Sun Certified Solaris Admin I

VERITAS Software
NetBackup DataCenter/BusinesServer Technical Support
Senior Technical Support Analyst 
VERITAS Technical Services
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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Stokes [mailto:peter at ashlyn.co.uk]
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 8:56 AM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: RE: [SunHELP] Onstream tape drives

Hi Chad

Not sure if this is true, but didn't Onstream file for Chapter 11 or
something? In which case it may be a short term financial gain, but long
term white elephant.

I do agree with your sentiments on used tape drives, you never know what you
are getting.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Chad A. Chance
Sent: 21 May 2001 13:33
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: [SunHELP] Onstream tape drives


Howdy,
        Anybody have any experience with these, either on a Sun or not? I
have
outgrown my DAT drive and need more capacity but don't have a whole lot of
money, at ~$400 for a 30 gig drive and $35 for media this seems the cheapest
solution out there.
        I know I could probably pick up a used drive cheaper, but I have
always had
problems with used tape drives(got a stack of used/useless drives to prove
it).

        Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated....

Chad

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