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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.
>
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> Itamar S.-T. itamars@ibm.net
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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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