Re: Tape Backup

In the business world, tape is what you use to backup large amounts of
data frequently for very inexpensive prices.



On 4/21/07, JT Moree <moreejt@pcxperience.com> wrote:
> > 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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