Re: system backups with zip disks

[Scott Taylor <scott@mustang.dctchambers.com>]

At 06:09 PM 1/19/03, terry white wrote:
>on "1-19-2003" "Scott Taylor" writ:
>
>: Careful if you do buy a tape drive, check the price of media.  If you spend
>: $200US on a tape drive, you may be spending over $75 on each tape.  higher
>: end drives, like DAT drive, around $500-1200, the tapes are inexpensive,
>: $10-20.
>
>... a research on the technology is a must.  DAT may, or may not be, what
>you require.  check out the vendor's websites for recording methodology,
>and what that means.
>
>     i use 20GB media, and it runs aroung $30 a pop, and as i recall,
>price a function of capacity.

Is that like DDS-4?

>  i seriously recommend "IMATION" tapes.

A very solid recommendation.

>their replacement policy is great.
>
>     on the other hand, i would discourage the use of HP drives.  this a
>matter of customer service when something goes 'wrong' ...

Another good recommendation. ;)

Also if you have more than 1 server, make sure you buy the drives from all 
the same manufacturers, I've ran into problems trying to restore a tape 
written in a Seagate drive using an HP drive.  Although, never had that 
problem when I switch to IBM.  Now they are all IBM.

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