I'm looking into new ways of backing up the data in our lab, including the PostgreSQL database. Currently, we have a single DDS-2 tape drive capable of holding 8Gig compressed. However, it is slow (i.e. takes a day to backup about 40 Gig of information), spans multiple tapes, and makes it hard to find just a single file or two on the backup (i.e. I have to go through many tapes before I can find and extract one of two files). Our CDRW backups are easier to manage and relatively fast, but require dozens of CDRWs.
Can anyone make suggestions on backup systems? I was thinking that some sort of DVD writing system would be good for accessing one or two files in the backup quickly. It would probably also complete backups faster. However, I think DVD's only hold a few Gigs on them. Are there systems like with these features that could handle say 20 Gigs per media? Thanks. -Tony ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
