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Tempus · 09-02-2003, 08:25 AM

If you are going to be doing daily/frequent backups then you really need to go tape.

I've got a few Seagate 10/20 gig tape drives at some of our smaller offices. They run (pricewatch) 135 for the baredrive, 165 for the retail pack (some half decent backup software IDE) 180 (scsi) and 300 (usb2) . Tapes run 30ish each.

Just get the retail pack and an extra tape (or two) and set up an every other day swap if you want to be secure. Or just get one tape and do a weekly backup.

The tapes are pretty good. I've got a few that sit on the shelf for a few years and still read. I've only had 2 tapes go bad (over 30 tapes/6 drives in use) and they were both DOA or dead w/in 1 week.

Not that this is anywhere near as fun as a dvd-r/rw/+r/+rw but it does work well.

09-02-2003, 08:25 AM	#3
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	If you are going to be doing daily/frequent backups then you really need to go tape. I've got a few Seagate 10/20 gig tape drives at some of our smaller offices. They run (pricewatch) 135 for the baredrive, 165 for the retail pack (some half decent backup software IDE) 180 (scsi) and 300 (usb2) . Tapes run 30ish each. Just get the retail pack and an extra tape (or two) and set up an every other day swap if you want to be secure. Or just get one tape and do a weekly backup. The tapes are pretty good. I've got a few that sit on the shelf for a few years and still read. I've only had 2 tapes go bad (over 30 tapes/6 drives in use) and they were both DOA or dead w/in 1 week. Not that this is anywhere near as fun as a dvd-r/rw/+r/+rw but it does work well. __________________ Thou art God.