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Re: Tape Backups
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter H. Lemieux)
Fri May 29 10:34:10 1998
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 10:34:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Peter H. Lemieux" <phl@cyways.com>
To: Hans Dietrich <hansdiet@MIT.EDU>
Cc: ntpartners@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19980529095524.0093d2d0@hesiod>
On Fri, 29 May 1998, Hans Dietrich wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> We are contemplating backing up our NT Servers with
> a tap-backup and are looking for some advice on brand and model
> that anyone is using. Some good and bad stories may help aswell.
> Any information would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks Hans
>
I'd avoid DAT drives. Even products from typically high-quality
manufacturers like HP seem to have really poor life spans. We use Travan
TR-4's for individual servers, which hold 4 GB native and up to 8 GB with
compression. They now come with EIDE or SCSI interfaces so they're not
hobbled by the floppy controller like the older QIC technology. We're
using the HP/Colorado's.
For high volume backups of multiple servers many people report good
success with Exabyte 8mm drives.
Peter
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