From: Coolen, IG (Ilja) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I am not anctious to use a 1TB tape.
Your points are well taken, but 1TB tapes are evolving because of the need for: 1) high-capacity cartridges for machine image backups and large file backups 2) long-term archival storage 3) collocated on-site data 4) offsite libraries attached by broadband WAN TB tape cartridges are not for every day needs for everyone. My ideal high-capacity backup infrastructure is a local disk farm (no tape library) in conjunction with an offsite LTO2 (or TB volume capacity) collocated library attached with high-capacity WAN connectivity. This not only speeds up restores, it also eliminates the need for tape shuffling and vaulting expenses. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Berbee Information Networks Office 262.521.5627
