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Re: Backup (hardware) for Linux



On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Itamar S.-T. wrote:

> Can anybody suggest a good drive for backups?  We backup more than 12GB 
> daily, and DDS-3 DATs, what we use now, are quite unreliable and tend to 
> get ruined after a while.
> 
> What other systems are worth getting?  Are tape drives worth the expense? 
>  Linux support, expense and reliability are my main criteria.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Itamar S.-T.                                      itamars@ibm.net
> 
> 
> 

Yikes, I just bought an HP tape backup system and DDS-2 DAT media. How 
many times can I expect to use each tape? Is the drive itself unreliable 
or just the media? Does the media deteriorate over time or because of re-use?

 - yba

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