Re: Advice requested: tape system

2000-09-26 Thread Ben Liberman
At 10:43 -0400 9/18/00, Church Initiative WebMaster wrote: Also, in Graham's chart, the VXA V-17 media (33 gig native) is listed at $67. Anyone know where I can find it at this price? The best that I've found so far is ~72.50 http://www.egghead.com/category/inv/00074283/03276001.htm

RE: Advice requested: tape system

2000-09-26 Thread Larry Acosta Wong
Of Ben Liberman Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 10:17 AM To: retro-talk Subject: Re: Advice requested: tape system At 10:43 -0400 9/18/00, Church Initiative WebMaster wrote: Also, in Graham's chart, the VXA V-17 media (33 gig native) is listed at $67. Anyone know where I can find

Advice requested: tape system

2000-09-18 Thread Graham, Total Coverage Limited
Hi I've been using Retrospect very successfully for some while now, backing up our small Mac LAN to recordable CDs. However our company has grown some over time and the use of CD-R is no longer a real option as it takes too long to do a full backup of the 30GB or so of data on the LAN. I am

Re: Advice requested: tape system

2000-09-18 Thread Daniel Knight
However our company has grown some over time and the use of CD-R is no longer a real option as it takes too long to do a full backup of the 30GB or so of data on the LAN. I like VXA. Tapes hold 33 MB before compression, although I haven't hit that level on my home network -- probably due to

Re: Advice requested: tape system

2000-09-18 Thread Julia Frizzell
At 8:58 AM +0100 9/18/00, Graham, Total Coverage Limited wrote: Hi I've been using Retrospect very successfully for some while now, backing up our small Mac LAN to recordable CDs. However our company has grown some over time and the use of CD-R is no longer a real option as it takes too long to

Re: Advice requested: tape system

2000-09-18 Thread Ben Liberman
At 8:58 AM +0100 9/18/00, Graham, Total Coverage Limited wrote: For this comparison, I've included the VXA-1 at the promotional price since it's been extended through Aug and is available to everyone. The VXA promotion has been extended through Sept.

Re: Advice requested: tape system

2000-09-18 Thread Keepsake
Graham Mitchell said: I am therefore looking for an economical, reliable tape based solution that can handle the job. I've read discussions about using IDE drives. You can get 40 GB drives for around $200. At that price, you can get five drives, use one to write your backups to and then swap

Re: Advice requested: tape system

2000-09-18 Thread Church Initiative WebMaster
Also, in Graham's chart, the VXA V-17 media (33 gig native) is listed at $67. Anyone know where I can find it at this price? The best that I've found so far is ~72.50 http://www.egghead.com/category/inv/00074283/03276001.htm Stiles Watson Director of Information Services The Church

RE: Advice requested: tape system

2000-09-18 Thread Geoff Rainville
:58 AM To: retro-talk Subject: Re: Advice requested: tape system At 8:58 AM +0100 9/18/00, Graham, Total Coverage Limited wrote: For this comparison, I've included the VXA-1 at the promotional price since it's been extended through Aug and is available to everyone. The VXA promotion has been

Re: Advice requested: tape system

2000-09-18 Thread Matt Barkdull
I like VXA. Tapes hold 33 MB before compression, I'd be changing tapes every 3 seconds!!:) typo. Should be GB. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: