BTW, I should have said availability, not reliability. Regards, Dustin
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Dustin Puryear > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 9:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Backup Tape Drive > > > I've heard this before. Unfortunately, it doesn't really solve the backup > issue. When you mirror a drive you do it more or less for reliability and > uptime. The problem with mirroring is that you mirror the other drive. :) > That means if I delete something accidently, it gets deleted on the mirror > as well, at least eventually. Not much help if I want to restore the file. > > Regards, Dustin > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Larry Braud > > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 7:49 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [brluglist] Backup Tape Drive > > > > > > Why buy any tape drive when you can buy two 40g hard drives for $200 and > > have the second one mirror your primary? > > Just my $0.02. > > Larry > > > > ================================================ > > 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. > > ================================================ > > > > ================================================ > 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. > ================================================ > ================================================ 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. ================================================
