On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 18:48 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: > Is DLT a sensible choice at this day and age? Any caveats with above > drives, if any? Sorry for the dumb questions, but I have only very > limited experience with tape backups.
I'm not real experienced either. but I just went from DDS4 to DLT (VS160 from Quantum), and I like it a whole lot. The drive is expensive and the tapes cost a fortune, but I had the same complaint about DDS longevity you do, and from my research, I'm expecting DLT to be a significant improvement. The VS160 is also a whole lot faster. On my system, IDE disks (DMA, idebus=66) couldn't stream it -- SCSI and SATA can. One note: If you go with DLT anything like mine, be *sure* to keep a decent airflow on it or it will get awfully hot. -- Glenn English [EMAIL PROTECTED]
