"Christopher Browne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Ruud H.G. van Tol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> feng:
>>>
>>> I am planning to install a PCI SCSI controller and a external backup
>>> drive on my Pentium 90 machine with Redhat 6.1. But I don't know what
>>> brand and model of hardware I should buy. Could you please give me some
>>> recommendation? It would be better if you had setup something like that
>>> before and like it. Thank you.
>>
>> I normally go for
>> SCSI: NCR-875 U2W (dead cheap, perfect performance and support,
>> faster than any tapedrive needs), about USD 100.
>> Tape drive: HP DDS3 or better, about USD 1000.
>> Or did you mean an external harddisk backup drive?
>
> One problem: That solution is likely to cost many times what a P90
> computer is worth.
Because it's external, you can use it for more than 1 PC.
The costs/bit for 120m DDS2-tapes is very low. :)
(4GB for USD 10)
--Ruud
