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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!atlas.onthe.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!stargate.ingress.com!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Tape drive for backup. X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 31 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <Dp19D9.GH0@ritz.mordor.com> References: <Doy3z5.K2o.0.raindrop.seaslug.org@raindrop.seaslug.org> <315AFF62.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> <4jg9rq$j45@csnews.cs.colorado.edu> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 14:24:44 GMT Alan T Krantz (atk@alumni.cs.Colorado.EDU) wrote: : Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote: : : : I think that for backup, where you'd like the media to also be somewhat : : robust and not self-destruct occasionally (4mm DAT is pretty fragile : : stuff, I've found!) then there's really only one choice: An 8mm Exabyte : : drive. : : : You can also get 525MB QIC drives (I have two) but backing up multiple : : gigabytes is such a drag with those that I hardly ever use them for that : : purpose now. An Exabyte is also a fine method of data exchange, given : : that most folks have them. : : -- : : - Jordan Hubbard : : President, FreeBSD Project : : The only thing you don't take into account is money. Does a home user : really need that expensive of a tape drive? (i.e, I"m looking for a tape : drive too and while i don't want a 'floppy' drive - I also don't want to : spend $500 (much less $800)) to do an occasional backup now and then... I personally like 4mm DAT for backups. 2gig drives are about $500-600 and DDS-2 4-8gig drives are $800-1000. If you're going to do lots of backups, you also can't beat the media cost for DAT (about $7 for 90m tapes). They're also reasonably fast, though not as fast as 8mm Exabytes. Last I checked, you could get an Exabyte for $1500-1600... though I haven't checked prices on them recently. Regards, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451