RE: [OT] large tape backup

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes - nothing seems to be ideal :(

I'd be happy living with the DVD-R backup if the technology was stable and
didn't fall over 10 Disks in!

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Des Gibbons [mailto:des@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 18 March 2004 18:42
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] large tape backup
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > But I need replaceable backup rather than HDD as I'd end up with
> > huge stacks of HDD's! Once archived, the data is only needed
> > occasionally (once or twice a year). Tape would seem to be the
> > way to go but I certainly don't want to pay the many thousands
> > for a top spec drive or autoloader!
>
>
> You will have huge stacks of tapes, so no difference there.
>
> Cost wise, there is not much in it 2 40 gig native DLT tapes cost more
> than
> an 80 gig hdd, 1x110 sdlt tape costs a similar amount to a 120 gig
hdd.
>
> Then you have the price of a DLT tape drive vs the cost of x amount of
IDE
> caddies.
>
> Cheers, Des.
>
>
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