[101867] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Backup software/hardware for Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hossein S. Zadeh)
Mon Nov 30 02:27:17 1998
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:26:11 +1100 (EST)
From: "Hossein S. Zadeh" <hossein@bf.rmit.edu.au>
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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Jan Carlson wrote:
> Jeremy Domingue wrote:
>
> > I was curious to see what people are using for automated backup in Linux? I
> > am looking to buy some hardware to back up my information daily, but I want
> > to find something compatible with Linux.
>
> I make tar archives on SparQ cartriges. 1mb/sec is much faster than tape.
> It behaves like a hard disk.
Good luck with reliability though!!!! I've had quite a few SparQ disks
developing "bad sectors" :-(
cheers,
Hossein
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