I'm aware of that. Sensitive data I burn on to CD. However I like the idea of being able to back up the whole partition with operating system and programs on to a single cartridge. In general, data goes into a data partition. It is a bit of a pain to have to reinstall and reconfigure a bunch of programs which change very slowly if at all.
My budget for tape backup is minimal, and so far the DAT and DLT drives are too pricey for my home use. Maybe it is my Creole ancestry, but paying more for the backup device than I have invested in the computer, I can't do. Choppy At 03:14 PM 10/30/01 -0600, you wrote: >One of the biggest rules of tape backups is to choose a drive that will >be well-supported in the future. Consider this: you buy a clearance tape >drive, and 100 brand-new blank tapes. One month after you buy your >drive, the rest of them disappear from the market. You do perfectly >great backups for two years, never a problem. Then, one day your machine >takes a lightning hit, frying your hard drive(s) as well as your tape >drive. You've got two years worth of tapes, and no drive to put them in. >You can't go to the store and buy a compatible drive to put them in, >since it was based on proprietary standards. Now, you've gotta search >ebay and newsgroups for someone with the same drive. > >Be careful buying any proprietary tape drive, especially an end-of-life >one. DATs and DLTs are much more open standards, and you'll be able to >buy a drive that supports them for many years to come. ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
