Thanks to the following ppl for their suggestions:
Alfredo Sola <asola@intelideas.com>
Benjamin Cline <benji@hnt.com>
Marc L. Summers-SysAdmin <marcs@tdd.hbo.nec.com>
Rahul Roy <roy@bluestone.COM>
Cheng, Bruce <Bruce.Cheng@aspect.com>
Regards,
Tony.
---- Original Question ---------------------------------------------------
Hello there,
We run sol 2.5 here and we need to replace the old faulty backup tape
drive. What backup media would you suggest for 1-2 GB capacity, stable and
capable of random access ?
Thanks in advance for your time,
Tony
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>From asola@intelideas.com Tue Dec 17 23:46:36 1996
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 96 14:00:58 +0100
From: Alfredo Sola <asola@intelideas.com>
To: Tony Ching-Tung Wu <tonywu@cyberhouse.com.tw>
Subject: Re: Need backup media suggestion
I've read jaz drives work great. That's 1 Gb. I'm pretty happy with
my 2 Gb HP tape.
Saludos,
Alfredo Sola.
>From benji@hnt.com Tue Dec 17 23:46:40 1996
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 09:26:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Benjamin Cline <benji@hnt.com>
To: Tony Ching-Tung Wu <tonywu@cyberhouse.com.tw>
Subject: Re: Need backup media suggestion
I'd recommend a DDS-2 DAT drive, 4 GB uncompressed/8 GB compresssed
capacity (using 120m tapes), and quite cheap these days.
benji
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>From marcs@tdd.hbo.nec.com Tue Dec 17 23:46:53 1996
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 6:39:51 PST
From: "Marc L. Summers-SysAdmin" <marcs@tdd.hbo.nec.com>
To: Tony Ching-Tung Wu <tonywu@cyberhouse.com.tw>
Subject: Re: Need backup media suggestion
Hello Tony:
I use DDS-2 DAT drives, I currently run two of them.
I use the 120 meter tapes, which gives me a compressed capacity
of about 8 gigs or so per drive.
The random access depends on what software you are using.
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>From roy@bluestone.COM Tue Dec 17 23:46:57 1996
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:04:45 -0500 (EST)
From: Rahul Roy <roy@bluestone.COM>
To: Tony Ching-Tung Wu <tonywu@cyberhouse.com.tw>
Subject: Re: Need backup media suggestion
I would opt for a 4 mm tape backup solution a DDS tape unit might be more
expensive but better on the long run in reliability...there are many
vendors for this - we usually get our stuff thru' Sun...
regards
Rahul
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>From Bruce.Cheng@aspect.com Tue Dec 17 23:47:04 1996
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 07:51:34 -0800
From: "Cheng, Bruce" <Bruce.Cheng@aspect.com>
To: 'Tony Ching-Tung Wu' <tonywu@cyberhouse.com.tw>
Subject: RE: Need backup media suggestion
Hi.
I am not sure if any tape media is capable of random access. Special
software such as legato can make the tape drive appears to be random
accessible.
For 1-2GB capacity, you can get a decent Exabyte 8mm tape drive. Media
is cheap and widely available. The drive is not too bad either. 4mm is
not bad except that media is quite expensive.
Both 4mm and 8mm requires cleaning periodically to ensure data
integrity.
-Bruce
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