Re: Can someone suggest a SCSI tape drive?

Hi,

...on Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 09:25:16AM -0500, Tim Donahue wrote:

> I have a solution that might work for you. Buy a 60 GB drive, then use

That's probably correct, but then it depends on your threat scenario if it's really a helpful solution...

If you're concerned about someone breaking into your computer and mangling with your data, copying to an (attached) disc drive won't do much good - you need some proper archiving solution for that. Or, as it happened to a colleague of mine some week ago - his power supply exploded and fried _everything_ in the system, including all his disc drives, backup or not.

If the cost of tape drives (and tape media) is prohibitive, it might be worth looking at a solution using an CD or DVD burner, depending on the volume of your backup data.

If you can afford tapes - we have good experience with AIT hardware (even if it's helical scan stuff, it's a lot better and more stable than DAT), and I have heard positive comments about Tandberg SLR drives.

Do you need help?

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> >On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Rick Barter wrote:

Alex. Received on Thu Mar 27 11:22:08 2003