Buy a cheap tape drive and that's what you'll get. Several years ago I bought a Ditto 2Gig tape backup and that's was the biggest piece of junk there ever was. I had to RMA it and get another and it was junk too. After looking at mailing lists for that product I found out that a lot of other people thought the same thing. I know I'll never buy another Ditto product again. Guaranteed. Just my $0.02. Jeff
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 7:33 AM Subject: Re: [brluglist] Backup Tape Drive > I see your point, Choppy, but I also see Tim's. Buy > two of the cheap tape drives and keep the second one > safe. Conserve your backup tapes. ~10 years from now, > buy another backup system. > > John Hebert > > --- Chopin Cusachs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm aware of that. Sensitive data I burn on to CD. > > However I like > > the idea of being able to back up the whole > > partition with operating > > system and programs on to a single cartridge. In > > general, data > > goes into a data partition. It is a bit of a pain > > to have to reinstall > > and reconfigure a bunch of programs which change > > very slowly > > if at all. > > > > My budget for tape backup is minimal, and so far the > > DAT and > > DLT drives are too pricey for my home use. Maybe it > > is my > > Creole ancestry, but paying more for the backup > > device than > > I have invested in the computer, I can't do. > > > > Choppy > > > > At 03:14 PM 10/30/01 -0600, you wrote: > > >One of the biggest rules of tape backups is to > > choose a drive that will > > >be well-supported in the future. Consider this: you > > buy a clearance tape > > >drive, and 100 brand-new blank tapes. One month > > after you buy your > > >drive, the rest of them disappear from the market. > > You do perfectly > > >great backups for two years, never a problem. Then, > > one day your machine > > >takes a lightning hit, frying your hard drive(s) as > > well as your tape > > >drive. You've got two years worth of tapes, and no > > drive to put them in. > > >You can't go to the store and buy a compatible > > drive to put them in, > > >since it was based on proprietary standards. Now, > > you've gotta search > > >ebay and newsgroups for someone with the same > > drive. > > > > > >Be careful buying any proprietary tape drive, > > especially an end-of-life > > >one. DATs and DLTs are much more open standards, > > and you'll be able to > > >buy a drive that supports them for many years to > > come. > > > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
