From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 6 16:29: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.nbrewer.com (sparge.nbrewer.com [208.42.68.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA45037B405 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 16:29:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail.nbrewer.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 867314B7197; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:28:56 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:28:56 -0600 From: Christopher Farley To: Richard Wenninger Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape Backup Solution Message-ID: <20020207002853.GA73919@northernbrewer.com> Mail-Followup-To: Christopher Farley , Richard Wenninger , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20020206200304.3D07E14BA4@mail.westmoormfg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020206200304.3D07E14BA4@mail.westmoormfg.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Organization: Northern Brewer, St. Paul, MN Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Richard Wenninger (richardw@pslim.com) wrote: > I'm continually forced to find inexpensive solutions. So, I have a > Pentium/100 HP Vectra, with FreeBSD 4.5 installed and working flawlessly. I > have NOT setup X windows on this pc, and I'm not really inclined to do so, > unless forced. I'm going to use this machine as a samba server, as I have > installed an 80G drive, and ATA/133 controller. I need a tape backup > solution. Would like something that will hold at LEAST 20G on one tape. I > do have 1 pci slot available, for SCSI if needed. Anyone have any > suggestions for tape drive, interface, and software? I really have no clue. Get yourself a cheap DLT-4000 drive from eBay. I was picking them up a few months ago for about $250 or so. You will also need a SCSI controller if you don't already have one, and some media ($40-$50 in quantity for new DLT IV tapes, also on eBay). For a real budget solution, I've actually bought some *used media* for about $15.00 a tape. I would never consider using a used DAT, but used DLT tapes are a somewhat different matter. These drives originally went for thousands, and they are significantly better than any 4mm DAT solution. DLT is a very nice, 1/2" media; some media manufacturers offer a lifetime warrantee on media. I believe I've seen ratings of a 30 year shelf-life, and several hundred thousand passes by a read/write head. A DLT-4000 will write 20G uncompressed or 40G compressed data to a tape. WIth a DLT-8000, you can get 40G/80G on the same tape. Even if price were no object, I would personally recommend used DLT drives and media over a new 4mm DAT drive. -- Christopher Farley www.northernbrewer.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message