Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 14:29:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Aliwalas <rra@cuc.com> To: Amy Wennings <amybsd@HOTMAIL.COM> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE tape backup suggestions Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9908111426020.14634-100000@pikachu.oakview.cuc.com> In-Reply-To: <19990811061024.36253.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Amy Wennings wrote: > I know. SCSI is better. But I can't put a SCSI card in this machine. > > Who has an IDE tape drive they want to brag about? :) > > I need model recommendations. I want an 8 gig uncompressed or bigger. > > Are some tapes more reliable than others? QIC, DAT, Travan, ? > > Is tar realistic? I have about 30 gigs to backup, but only about 200 megs > changes most months. I'd use dump(8). If the 200 megs are in a single file system, you could do a level 0 dump of the whole system say once a month. In between, you could do incremental dumps of the single file system. I don't have any experience w/ non-SCSI tape drives. > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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