[95986] in RedHat Linux List
Re: good tape backup solution?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David E. Fox)
Thu Oct 22 17:30:27 1998
From: "David E. Fox" <dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com>
Reply-To: dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:24:08 -0700
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On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Rich Shepard wrote:
> Go with the scsi drive. A few months ago I switched from a floppy tape
>to a scsi tape and the speed difference is impressive.
Yeah, I've decided to go SCSI. Most likely I'll go with the SureStore
5000i 4mm DAT. The tapes at least are quite cheap compared to the
Travan or other formats. :)
Adaptec sells a PCI SCSI host adapter (not ultrawide) for $135, also
fits my budget. The drive in question is $500, which is reasonable
as well. $300 or so would have been a bit better, of course, but that
was for another Surestore, and I'm not sure what sort of difference
there was in terms of media price there. Sure, if it uses more expensive
tapes, then I'd be saving money in the long run... :)
> Find yourself a copy of the Linux Journal. There's a company in Texas
>(SSW?) which sells NCR adapters for about $64 including shipping. They
>work just fine in my RH 5.1 system.
SW Technology, in Richardson, TX, I believe. They have the NCR adapters
there, but the DAT drives are way too expensive (at least the ones I
saw there.)
> BTW, I have a Seagate TR-4 drive and I really like it. I also use BRU
>2000 for backup software and it's working flawlessly for me.
How much $$ and how expensive is the media?
>Rich
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