Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 21:58:51 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: patl@phoenix.volant.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why use tape for backups? (was: backup method reccommendation?) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991010215221.26503A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <19991011120854.U78191@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > > Yes, if you are foolish enough to reuse a single backup tape instead > > of at least switching back and forth between two. (Or, better yet, > > having a real backup cycle among multiple tapes.) > > The same argumentation applies to disks. It is really expensive to do lots of generation of backups to tape. > > I've used Exabyte and DDS. I've had many problems with each. I have used 9 track ,QIC, Exabyte, DDS, and DLT. I find 9 track and DLT to be the most reliable. I have more DLT tape drive failures than media failures. And they are fast, and hold lots. They aren't cheap though. This is why at home, I backup to CD-RW, which hasn't had any failures yet. David Scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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