Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
>
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 at 11:35am, Jose Pereira Van-Dunem wrote
>
> > I anticipate backing up 20 Gb per run.
> > Speed: 3Gb per hour !
> > Budget: Less than USD 1000.00
>
> An AIT1 drive would *just* fit in that budget. Of course, you'll also
> need money for tapes, which ain't cheap (~$60 each), but you get 35GB
> native capacity.
>
> You could also look at DDS{3|4}, which is a bit cheaper. Note that
> getting a tape drive to work with Amanda really means getting your OS to
> talk to the tape drive.
AIT-1 drives cost less than DDS-4 drives and hold 75% more. Sony, the only
maker of DDS-4 drives, has said that they're the end of the line and to
AIT instead. DDS tapes are quite a bit less costly than AIT tapes and the
drive price difference might not matter once you've got 30+ tapes.
I'd definately go with AIT instead of DDS myself.
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