Hi Robert,
I suggest looking at using cheap 20 to 30 Gig hard drive mounted in a mobile
rack for backup.
I stopped using tape backups years ago because they took too long and failed
when you really needed to restore files.
I got four 20 Gig 5400 RPM for $60 per and two 30 Gig 7200 RPM for $100 each
on sale at CompUSA over the last year or so. The mobile racks cost $20 each
and allow you to pop the drives in and out quickly.
A cool feature is there is no additional tape or special software required
to use the hard drive - the drivers and software come with your system.
Shop around and compare what products are available to do the job you need.
I did, and its the mobile racks and hard drives for me. They are reliable
and fast. I backup 10 to 20 Gigs every week or so without problems rotating
or cyling drives.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Haeckl" <rhaeckl@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 3:27 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Inexpensive Tape Drive
| Looking to buy an inexpensive tape backup drive either new or maybe from
| Ebay. Would like to put a full backup and a week's worth of daily
| incrementals on one tape (~8-10 GB ought to be enough). I've been
| tarring selected directories onto a zip disk and occasionally burning an
| archive, but I would prefer to do full backups. Anybody have
| suggestions or preferences? ATAPI vs. SCSI? Seagate vs. HP vs.
| OnStream vs. ...? 8mm vs. Travan vs. ADR vs. ...?
|
| -Robert
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