Date: 11 Oct 1999 12:09:42 +0200 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why use tape for backups? Message-ID: <7tsd16$roq$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> References: <19991009123827.E12733@uberhacker.org> <7tr8no$89m$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> <87iu4etzlp.fsf_-_@main.wgaf.net>
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Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> wrote: > It seems to me that it's much cheaper, faster, and more reliable to > just buy another hard drive and dedicate it for backups. > > Is there any reasons tapes are a better choice? A few years ago, the power supply in one of my machines blew. Might have sent a spike down the 12V line. Whatever the electrical details, it killed both hard disks (and the tape drive, though not the CD-ROM). You may not want to use tape, but you certainly want to use removable media for backup. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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