Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:57:09 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive recommendations Message-ID: <20020403215708.GA31576@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <bulk.24178.20020403095144@hub.freebsd.org> References: <bulk.24178.20020403095144@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> On Wed, Apr 03, > 2002 at 09:31:10AM -0500, Jason Andresen wrote: > > > Brooks Davis wrote: > > > In that size range you might look for a refirb DDS-2 drive > > > (4GB native). I'm seeing them at tapeserv.com[0] for $160. > > > You could probably do better then that on e-bay. You can get > > > TRAVAN drives for less, but media is generally more expensive > > > so if you make regular backups (I run backups every weekday > > > night) you'll soon be paying more then you would have with a > > > more expensive drive. I don't see the original of this next part so I'm replying to a reply - wjv. > > If you're like most people and don't have anywhere offsite > > to store your tapes (because you are doing this at home on a > > limited budget for instance), then you might be better off just > > buying a large (80-120 GB) HD and backing up onto that. For the > > cost of a tape drive you can buy two and mirror them. The > > drives won't give you the limitless media potental of the tape > > drives, but you won't have to juggle 30 tapes around to backup > > 120GB either... They'll be faster to boot. A comment on that. For years I had been trying to get a client to take at least one backup tape home each week. After an insurance claim on a lighting hit - the computer survived but 4 terminals were toast - he read his insurance policy. He was shocked to learn that his business interuption service would no apply to data restoration/recovery IF HE DID NOT HAVE OFF-SITE BACKUPS. Be sure when you are backing up to local HD's that you have ways to recover incase they all get destroyed - or stolen. When it comes to data backup - just as in buying insurance policies - cheaper is usually the worst reason for choice. > That solution works for some, but was useless for me. I've got > too many machines to make that easy and I want multiple levels of > automated backups (that's saved my butt several times). IMO, not > system is too small to be a good target for amanda. :) -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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