Onstream SC50-01 50GB Internal SCSI Digital Tape Drive

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Summary: Onstream SC50 External Tape Drive
Review: I'll keep this short. The tape drive is very affordable for what it does. As in other reviews the restore process with this tape drive is very slow. The performance is lacking, but for a home user who does have plenty of patience, this could work! I'm currently using this tape drive with Veritas Backup Exec. At this point the installation was difficult, but after a couple of hours on the internet surfing I located a website that had drivers for Windows XP and W2K. Of course, all the websites listed for Onstream were not working. So I'm wondering about the long term support of this equipment. This is definitely not meant for highend usage. You will regret it! Definitely for home use. I was a firm DLT Tape Drive user, and after my experience with this drive, I'm still a firm DLT Tape Drive user. But in all fairness, if your budget won't allow a decent backup solution, this will work for you for the cost!

Rating:
Summary: Onstream SC50 External Tape Drive
Review: I'll keep this short. The tape drive is very affordable for what it does. As in other reviews the restore process with this tape drive is very slow. The performance is lacking, but for a home user who does have plenty of patience, this could work! I'm currently using this tape drive with Veritas Backup Exec. At this point the installation was difficult, but after a couple of hours on the internet surfing I located a website that had drivers for Windows XP and W2K. Of course, all the websites listed for Onstream were not working. So I'm wondering about the long term support of this equipment. This is definitely not meant for highend usage. You will regret it! Definitely for home use. I was a firm DLT Tape Drive user, and after my experience with this drive, I'm still a firm DLT Tape Drive user. But in all fairness, if your budget won't allow a decent backup solution, this will work for you for the cost!