From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 6 15:50:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 681B116A401 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 15:50:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38B4513C46A for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 15:50:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l36FnGfK098781; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 11:49:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l36FnGiL098780; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 11:49:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 11:49:16 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Robert Huff Message-ID: <20070406154916.GB98633@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20070406002614.75448.qmail@simone.iecc.com> <4615ECC6.3060801@u.washington.edu> <17942.18219.132186.157247@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <17942.18219.132186.157247@jerusalem.litteratus.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:50:49 -0000 On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 09:12:11AM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > Garrett Cooper writes: > > > Have you also considered tape backup as well as standard disks? > > Tapes are a bit more expensive, but overall a more static backup > > / archiving solution than disks. Besides, they're cheaper in the > > long run from what remember. > > The problem is: tapes are slow; backing up 30 gbytes to a > DLT-III used to take 3-4 hours. Or rather the cost of a tape system > seems to increase as the square of the transfer speed; a (new) LTO-2 > drive will cost $1000+$35/tape. LTO is pretty fast, though it doesn't seem to have the fast search that was about the only thing I liked about DAT/DDS tape. But the cost of LTO for a home system is hard to swallow. You could get about a dozen USB drives to rotate for a similar cost. Tapes are nice for archiving or long term storage though. Their data format seems less likely to change over time than disk. ////jerry > > Robert Huff > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"