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On Samstag, 9. August 2008, Matt Harrison wrote: |
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> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> | what about a nice little tapelib - used from ebay? DLT and LTO drivers |
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> are |
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> | extremly robust. The tape cardridges can endure a lot of punishment |
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> and are |
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> | made to lay around for years, waiting for the emergency. You even can |
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> write to |
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> | it over a network/the internet (mbuffer+tar). |
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> It would be perfect if the more high-end backup devices weren't so |
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> pricey. My guess would that the tape size of a (cheap) DLT or LTO would |
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> be so small that it would take days to backup with close to 1Tb. |
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> avg size of a cheap DLT from ebay 20/40, so thats ~20Gb if you're |
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> talking mp3s. 1024Gb / 20Gb = 52 tapes. I wouldn't spend 5 days changing |
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> tapes only to start the backup again next week :D plus the price of even |
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> those old tapes would be a worry at that number. |
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> I know this wasn't my thread, but I'm always interested in backup |
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> solutions that don't cost a packet, so I thought I'd chime in :) |
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> Matt |
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I have a tapelib with 8 slots - bought for 100¤ - that is 280gb/560gb and no |
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tape juggling needed. But even if you pay say 300¤ for a nice LTO, after you |
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have written a couple of tapes it is cheaper than harddisks - and faster. |
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