[1663] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: SCSI or ftape?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Wed Apr 2 01:20:45 1997
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 01:09:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
To: Dave Wreski <tel1dvw@is.ups.com>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.93.970401002544.4449I-100000@butthead>
On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Dave Wreski wrote:
> Hi all. I landed a little side job setting up a linux and NT network for
> a company near me. I'm now wondering what kind of backup solution I
> should offer. They will be backing up inventory data from a NT-based
> database. I'm not sure of the size of the data, but I don't think it will
> be more than 50 megs per day.
>
> I'm inclinded to sell them a 1542 and a DDS-2 4 gig backup drive, but that
> could cost near $1000.
>
> Should I get the scsi drive, or a simple 3.2 gig travan drive? What do I
I'd go SCSI...though for 50mb a day, the conveniences of a SCSI ZIP drive
might be nice. Of course that doesn't leave too much room for growth or
full system backups. A DDS DAT could probably back up (and verify) their
50mb in about 5 minutes.
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