Looks like I will be doing the USB HD solutions.

While I like tape solution, the cost doesn't pay.  For a tape drive, it 
would be about $300 (very cheap estimate).

For that amount, I could get multiple drives (Fry's had a 320GB for $80) 
and just use them. 

I think I'll just use the USB drives.

moreejt@pcxperience.com wrote:
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>> Does anyone know of an inexpensive tape backup that works with Linux?  
>> Preferably external and USB.  Speed isn't important, but backups are.
>> <snip> Thanks for any guidance.
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> IMHO: tapes suck and are not only unreliable but you can't keep track of
> how bad bc they sit around not being connected to anything.  When they
> go bad--you don't know it until you try to read from it and it's too
> late.  At least with a hard drive you can run diagnostics on it like the
> smart tools and you generally know when one starts flaking out.
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> You might look at using Blue-Ray or HD DVD discs since they are bigger
> than DVD.
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> external USB hard drives might work well.  Rotate through 3 or four
> periodically changing them out or something.
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> JT Morée
> PC Xperience, Inc.
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