RE: [OT] large tape backup

[Mark Hallows <markhallows@xxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 March 2004 10:47
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] large tape backup


It's finding the software to do it - I wanted something that writes in an
easily readable format and splits large files (most files are!) across
DVD's.
Also, having to manually write 20 DVD's........

No need.. Check out the price of AIT's and then speak to Nexsan.. They use
SATA and their racks are tiny, Hot-swappable etc etc.. Cheap as chips.
http://www.nexsan.com + they are based
in Derby (and the states) and all
manufacturing (except disks) is done in Derby.. (Mark H)

.....and organise the files to best fill them is VERY time consuming :(


Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Fidell [mailto:james@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 March 2004 10:20
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] large tape backup
>
> I've not played with backup to DVD yet, but I believe it's possible to
> write a raw datastream to a disc, so I think I'd probably take the
> approach of building a second PC with a few hundred GB of disk in and
> a DVD burner.  The disk could then be used as an on-line backup.  For
> offline backup the data archived into into DVD-sized chunks and burnt
> to DVDs one at a time.  That way if a single DVD failed you'd just
have
> to reburn that DVD.
>
> James
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