Re: Tape Backup

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.

- --
JT Morée
PC Xperience, Inc.

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