Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:04:53 -0700 From: "Gayn Winters" <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com> To: "'daniel'" <danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Looking for recommendations for external USB2.0 tape backup Message-ID: <004901c5d102$ef822230$c901a8c0@workdog> In-Reply-To: <200510141520.21566.danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of daniel > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 12:20 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Looking for recommendations for external USB2.0 tape backup > > > My boss has asked me to try to find a tape-backup solution > for our largely > FreeBSD network of machines and I'm not having a lot of luck, > so I was hoping > for some enlightend pointers from the list. > > We need the following features: > 20GB+ capacity > USB 2.0 > External > < $600CDN > > Unfortunately, I've only been able to find two drives that fit our > requirements, one from Ceterance: > http://www.certance.com/products/travan/travan40/STT6401U2-SST > the other from HP who claims that theirs only works with > HP-UX. Does anyone > know if (a) either of those units play nice with FreeBSD? or > (b) if there > are other tape backup solutions available? > > Thanks for any insight. Have you considered an external USB2.0 hard drive? I love my Maxtor One Touch. On nextag.com I see a 300GB for $218 USD at Newegg. It may be worth rethinking your backup and archiving strategies. (I use removable hard drives for archiving, but that's another story...) -gayn
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