On Tue, Aug 26, 2003, Andrew Mathews wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Randy Donohoe wrote: >| Awhile back there was a discussion of the best tape drives for Linux. I >| need a drive in the 20-30GB range, any suggestions on type and brand?TIA, >| Randy Donohoe >| >| > >Any drive that's: >1. SCSI interface >2. DAT or DLT >Travan will work, but sometimes requires specific flags to make it >functional as >a QIC drive.
Travan drives are generally about a half step above the old Colorado Memory Systems Junko drives in quality. We used quite a few of them several years ago, but had nothing but trouble with them over time. You might want to consider using external firewire hard drives. You can buy 120gb units from CompUSA which handle USB2 and Firewire for about $220 each. Given the cost of media for DLT the cost for a 120gb drive is comparable to the number of tapes required to back up that much data (not to mention the cost of the DLT drive itself), the data's much more accessible on a mountable file system, and it's reasonable to use multiple drives. Remember to keep backups off-site. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists.'' -- Richard Feynman _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
