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:
> >
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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