Gregory's Server@RL_Dane @colinstu
I disliked #jazz #drives
I didn't like the fact that they were so bulky, were proprietary and that they were just fancy mechanical floppies in case in a very unnecessary sturdy package
They also didn't give you any mechanical warning when they were going to give out, so you had to have two more sets of backups to be sure that you're super high density Jazz floppy didn't crash on you at a moment that it was completely unexpected
I never bought them, just data salvage
@RadioAzureus @RL_Dane never experienced Jaz/jazz so I can't speak to it, but SyQuest's "EZ" removable platter cartridge-based systems were a nightmare. Sure it was nice portable storage but holy crap the issues w/it back then. Single spec of dust & the whole thing was ruined. Swapped in a 300MB quantum in that SCSI enclosure eventually.
ZIP was downright reliable in comparison. Really never ran into much click of death issues (at least back then, and don't have it now so can't speak to today).