"Tony Lawrence" <pcunix@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1152279465.686226.71730@k73g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> I'm having trouble with REV at one customer.
>
> If this were the ONLY REV drive I had out there, I'd be pretty down on
> REV, but everywhere else we have them they work great.
>
> History here: first rev had intermittent failures. This is SCSI on a
> Unix box, using Microlite Edge. They and I looked everything over,
> checking cabling, termination, media, everything.. finally decided the
> drive itself had to be bad, and replaced it. Things got better for
> quite a while - more than a year, all was fine.
>
> But now intermittent failures again. Does not seem to be media, and
> exact failure varies - very random. I'm feeling like it must be the
> drive, but sheesh: I've had no failures at other sites, so I'm almost
> seeing REV's as "never worry" devices - except this one.
>
> There's no cleaning, right? I've been through everything with the
> Microlite folks; they see nothing. I really think I'm back to blaming
> the hardware again but it just seems very suspicious. And of course
> it's out of warranty now..
>
> Just wondering: is everyone else's REV experience generally good?
>

I think BackupEdge is crap with REV drives (too many bad experiences)....
Get LoneTar instead. It's flawless with REV drives. Download a trial
version and you'll see what I mean. Also technical support is more user
friendly, you talk to the main programmer the first time you talk to
someone. Don't need to escalate to the next level. Just my 2 cents.