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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