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Date:      Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:12:11 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server
Message-ID:  <17942.18219.132186.157247@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <4615ECC6.3060801@u.washington.edu>
References:  <20070406002614.75448.qmail@simone.iecc.com> <4615ECC6.3060801@u.washington.edu>

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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.


				Robert Huff



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