From: Chuck Gelm <nc8q@gelm.net>
To: Bryan Simmons <bsimmo1@gl.umbc.edu>
Cc: linux-newbie <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Tape Backup
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 00:01:54 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DC750C2.65D9BB86@gelm.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1035593918.20082.36.camel@localhost.localdomain
Hi, Bryan:
CD/RW devices and media are cheaper than tape. :-|
Hard drives are sometimes rather cheap also.
I've seen 40 gigabyte drives for 48usd.
I'm guessing that a 40G tape cartridge would
be nearly 48USD. :-|
HTH, Chuck
Bryan Simmons wrote:
>
> What do you guys suggest for a tape backup for a 100GB hard disk system?
> I'm planning on going XFS and want to dump partitions to tape, but I
> only know about the really expensive tape backups that hold, like 25-100
> tapes.
> Where can I find something that's inexpensive but holds a lot of data
> and works well with Linux?
> --
> Bryan Simmons <bsimmo1@gl.umbc.edu>
>
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2002-10-26 0:58 Tape Backup Bryan Simmons
2002-11-05 5:01 ` Chuck Gelm [this message]
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