On Friday 12 August 2005 09:40, FM wrote: >Hello everybody, > >My ibm 35810 died and I will cost use 20000 CA$ to replace it. So I >thing it's time to switch for HD backups. > >Does some of you using HD backup ? if so what is you stategy ? >How you take backup off-site ? > >What kind of hardware are you using ? SCSI or SATA RAID ? > >Thanks !
Here, a home site, I'm, using a 200GB atapi drive, with 180GB of it partitioned for amanda. Its worked flawlessly for everythng for about a year. It is not removeable other than by a powerdown & ata133 cable disconnection. I'd not have an offsite storage place available anyway. I'm backing up the working parts of 2 machines & may add a third if it ever gets to stay on 24/7 like the first 2 do. Candid opinion: HD's are far more friendly than tapes when it comes to recovery operations, and hundreds of times faster for recovery. I did not find that tapes (but then I was using DDS2 (spit) tapes too) were in fact all that dependable, with something getting a tummy ache at weekly intervals. I've had no such tummy aches with the HD setup. BUT: Quality tapes would have the option of removing for permanent storage, unlike using a non-removable HD. If I really thought my stuff was *that* precious, I'd burn a stack of dvd's once month. But, I'd have to justify the cost of the dvd+(or-)r's as an ongoing expense, something my SS would have to support as I'm just your typical old fart, half retired, tv chief engineer whose played with computers since 1977 & refuses to act my age of 70. Trying to stay in shape, and needing to get it done, I've moved about 4 yards of dirt with a shovel and wheelborrow in the last 3 days with the temps in the high 80's. And thats burning about 2 lbs a day off me that I can well afford to lose, and keeping the sugar in check too. But when I'm done, it'll be mowable. Nothings flat in West Virginia unless you "make it so"... -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
