On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Seann Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The other alternative I am looking into is getting a large external case and > cramming it full of 1TB hard drives and using that as backup, but I would > like a tape system that works well.
This option is worth considering. HD's have many fewer moving parts than tapes/drives. Even if the "critical failure" rate is similar, the "annoying failure" rate of tape drives is much higher. Which is to say, they require a lot more fiddling. Dustin -- Storage Software Engineer http://www.zmanda.com
