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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chip33az@netscape.net wrote:

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.


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.

You might look at using Blue-Ray or HD DVD discs since they are bigger
than DVD.

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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