From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Scott Taylor Subject: Re: system backups with zip disks Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:31:07 -0800 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20030120081445.01c99e68@mustang> References: <5.1.1.6.0.20030119075228.00b53b38@dctchambers.com> <5.1.1.6.0.20030119075228.00b53b38@dctchambers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-admin 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. This e-mail was scanned by RAV Antivirus. (www.ravantivirus.com)