> > > > But for the price of a drive and four cartridges I can get about 6-7 > > drives of sizes similar to the cartridges. I love tape backup, but the > > price point for OnStream is a bit steep. Unless OnStream is radically > > more robust that harddrive backups; that could be an issue. I've no > > experience in this domain. Also, DATs seem to be coming down in price. > > Are OnStreams better than DAT? > > I've paid ca $250 for a drive and $50 for each 30GB tape. Is that much? DAT > drives cost more. > > I dont know if it is better. It's cheaper. It may be slower but depending > on amount of data it may make no difference. >
well, if I may say something , I just test backup with rsync with custom hard drive and as far it works pretty fine. Piotras --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
