[CentOS-virt] LTO tape drives and Bacula for Backups?

2010-02-10 Thread Lee Doran
How does everyone feel about using Quantum LTO 3 and 4 tapes with Bacula for backing up both the VM's, Host, as well as from within the VM's. What are know good backup solutions? Can anyone name specific tape drives / software that is working. Lee

Re: [CentOS-virt] LTO tape drives and Bacula for Backups?

2010-02-10 Thread Ben Chobot
We used bacula to hotswap SATA disks. It worked great. On Feb 10, 2010, at 8:39 AM, Lee Doran wrote: How does everyone feel about using Quantum LTO 3 and 4 tapes with Bacula for backing up both the VM’s, Host, as well as from within the VM’s. What are know good backup

Re: [CentOS-virt] LTO tape drives and Bacula for Backups?

2010-02-10 Thread Christopher G. Stach II
- Ben Chobot be...@silentmedia.com wrote: We used bacula to hotswap SATA disks. It worked great. There is little argument for tapes at all in modern backup systems unless you need archival storage and you have money to burn on media, time (backup/restore time as well as time lost during

Re: [CentOS-virt] LTO tape drives and Bacula for Backups?

2010-02-10 Thread Ben Chobot
On Feb 10, 2010, at 11:43 AM, compdoc wrote: At $45 per tape for 320G of storage, it competes with hard drives. In case of tape drive failure, the tapes still work with the new drive. And with scsi or sata based tape drives, speed is not a problem. ...or, with 750GB drives today, you could

Re: [CentOS-virt] LTO tape drives and Bacula for Backups?

2010-02-10 Thread Christopher G. Stach II
- compdoc comp...@hotrodpc.com wrote: The tape is easily replaceable, without having to worry about bad connectors that can plague hot swap drive bay equipment. I really worry about your staff if you have damaged hot swap anything. How many insertions are they rated for? According to