Re: OT: tape backup

["T. Daniel Crawford" <crawdad vt edu>]

On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, James Fowler wrote:

> Based on my recent experiences, I want a more robust backup solution.  I
> am looking to aquire a tape drive.  As this is not being payed for by a
> buisness I need a cost effective solution.  I prefer SCSI (I am using the
> Qlogic isp1020 as reported by /proc/scsi).  Any suggestions or ideas?
> What is the best drive for the money?  I will be backing up FAT32, EXT2,
> Reiserfs, UFS, HPFS, (and maybe other) filesystems.  I would like to
> manage it all on my alpha, although I can put it in a x86 box that I have
> if necessary (cost/performance driven, etc.).  My apologies for the two OT
> posts in one weekend.  Thanks for your help.
> James
>

I use an HP DAT drive for all my backups and it works great.  Consider the
HP DDS3 or DDS4 systems, which give up to 24 and 40 GB (compressed) storage.

http://www.products.storage.hp.com/eprise/main/storage/DisplayPages/ddsdat.htm

-Daniel

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