The Mammoth tapes by Exabyte are 20/40GB tapes. They are considered reliable helical scan and fairly quick. However the tapes are ~$50 each. The drives should be pretty cheap now also. One prob - SCSI only - though you could probably find some network attached or iSCSI stuff.
Also you might look into the OnStream drives. In my experience they are not as reliable (tape breakage - at least on the first production models) but they are cheap and they make an IDE version. Also, I believe they are "certified" for use on Linux, so I would guess maybe on BSD too. If I would suggest one thing - Go to LinuxTapeCert.org and do some research there. It has been a while since I looked, but they had good info. It will probably be good info for BSD also. Shannon Dustin Puryear wrote: > We have some FreeBSD servers that need to be backed up. The backup > server will be a FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE box with IDE. No SCSI. I'd like > to get a tape backup that can do 20GB or so without compression. Not > looking for a system with $80 tapes though. I know that DDS4 tapes > tend to be inexpensive. Just rummaging for thoughts. I don't keep up > with prices too much. :) > > --- > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Puryear Information Technology > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Shannon Roddy __________________________________________________________________ Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy Calendar/Schedule See Home Page Wireless Email (255 Chars) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
