Re: suggest a backup media
How about a scsi Jaz Drive i find them to be the best backup media ... because ... it is not as sensitive as burning CDRs and to me not as expensive too and pretty portable and easy data retrieval too. kim0 On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, the lone gunman wrote: I'm unsure of what backup media I should go with for my Linux system. I have a 4 gig harddrive. I'm thinking about CD-R or Travan-4 tape backup. I'm pulling hairs, though, trying to determine which is better (for me, anyway). I'd like to go with DAT, but the drives are too expensive. There are scsi CD-R drives for around $400 or so, and the HP T4 (Travan 4) internal scsi tape unit is about the same as for price (I think). I cannot afford to go any higher. CD-R seems a better route, with the low media costs, and that most cd-roms can read my backups. Retrieval would also be considerably faster. But, I read a long FAQ about CD-R, and the Linux Cd-writing howto, and CD burning makes me nervous because it's so sensitive. I'm worried cd backups may fail, and my computer is probably pretty useless while I'm burning. One 4 gig Travan-4 tape would pretty much do me, and the process is a bit simpler. Plus, I don't think there's too much of a difference in write speed for CD-R and scsi Travan-4. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Perhaps a link to a backup comparison site or something? (Since this topic has probably been beaten to death!). Thanks! Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: suggest a backup media
If you haven't made your decision yet look at the Seagate Tapestore 8G (TR-4). You can find them for under $200 (check pricewatch.com) and they usually come with a tape. They come in ide or scsi internal/external. They are fast and effective. I have one and love it. Brian | On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, the lone gunman wrote: | | I'm unsure of what backup media I should go with for my Linux system. | I have a 4 gig harddrive. | | I'm thinking about CD-R or Travan-4 tape backup. I'm pulling hairs, | though, trying to determine which is better (for me, anyway). I'd | like to go with DAT, but the drives are too expensive. | | There are scsi CD-R drives for around $400 or so, and the HP T4 | (Travan 4) internal scsi tape unit is about the same as for price (I | think). I cannot afford to go any higher. | | CD-R seems a better route, with the low media costs, and that most | cd-roms can read my backups. Retrieval would also be considerably | faster. | | But, I read a long FAQ about CD-R, and the Linux Cd-writing howto, and | CD burning makes me nervous because it's so sensitive. I'm worried cd | backups may fail, and my computer is probably pretty useless while I'm | burning. One 4 gig Travan-4 tape would pretty much do me, and the | process is a bit simpler. Plus, I don't think there's too much of a | difference in write speed for CD-R and scsi Travan-4. | | Can anyone offer any suggestions? Perhaps a link to a backup | comparison site or something? (Since this topic has probably been | beaten to death!). | Brian -- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: suggest a backup media
Hi! I remember reading a comparison between backuping technics in PCmag or Byte, in the previous 4 months. Check their older issues. The article did a good job. sasha. the lone gunman wrote: I'm unsure of what backup media I should go with for my Linux system. I have a 4 gig harddrive. I'm thinking about CD-R or Travan-4 tape backup. I'm pulling hairs, though, trying to determine which is better (for me, anyway). I'd like to go with DAT, but the drives are too expensive. There are scsi CD-R drives for around $400 or so, and the HP T4 (Travan 4) internal scsi tape unit is about the same as for price (I think). I cannot afford to go any higher. CD-R seems a better route, with the low media costs, and that most cd-roms can read my backups. Retrieval would also be considerably faster. But, I read a long FAQ about CD-R, and the Linux Cd-writing howto, and CD burning makes me nervous because it's so sensitive. I'm worried cd backups may fail, and my computer is probably pretty useless while I'm burning. One 4 gig Travan-4 tape would pretty much do me, and the process is a bit simpler. Plus, I don't think there's too much of a difference in write speed for CD-R and scsi Travan-4. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Perhaps a link to a backup comparison site or something? (Since this topic has probably been beaten to death!). Thanks! Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: suggest a backup media
On Sun, Jun 28, 1998 at 12:50:34PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CDR has definite advantages. I had a SCSI 2x running fine on a 386 40mhz with 8mb of RAM and a 1gig IDE drive. If I generated the iso image on the box it was a little slow, so I nfs exported the directory with rw and no_root_squash options. This allowed me to build a backup volume from a faster machine on the network. It took little more time than it would to copy a 650mb image over ethernet. I was careful not to run any servers on the 386 so I left the network connected while roasting CD's. I even used the virtual consoles to telnet around my network while burning discs. I never had a problem keeping the CDR buffer filled. If I do this type of setup again, I will even try heavily pinging the box while recording and requesting all kinds of connects to get it busy writing to log files. Considering this... I have 96mb of memory, more than I need for anything, really. Is there anyway I could designate some of this memory into a virtual buffer for a CD-R, to further lessen the effect of CD write errors? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
suggest a backup media
I'm unsure of what backup media I should go with for my Linux system. I have a 4 gig harddrive. I'm thinking about CD-R or Travan-4 tape backup. I'm pulling hairs, though, trying to determine which is better (for me, anyway). I'd like to go with DAT, but the drives are too expensive. There are scsi CD-R drives for around $400 or so, and the HP T4 (Travan 4) internal scsi tape unit is about the same as for price (I think). I cannot afford to go any higher. CD-R seems a better route, with the low media costs, and that most cd-roms can read my backups. Retrieval would also be considerably faster. But, I read a long FAQ about CD-R, and the Linux Cd-writing howto, and CD burning makes me nervous because it's so sensitive. I'm worried cd backups may fail, and my computer is probably pretty useless while I'm burning. One 4 gig Travan-4 tape would pretty much do me, and the process is a bit simpler. Plus, I don't think there's too much of a difference in write speed for CD-R and scsi Travan-4. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Perhaps a link to a backup comparison site or something? (Since this topic has probably been beaten to death!). Thanks! Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
