Thanks everyone. I think I'll go with one of the tape solutions (DLT, Exabyte VXA-2, or AIT) after all. If I can get the 80G native/160 Gig compressed, then I can probably get buy with one or two tapes. That should make my single-file restores a little less onerous.
-Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kurt Gunderson) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > You might try looking into DLT technology. DLT tape drives will give > you 80Gb storage with ~6-12MB/s throughput. They are an industry > standard supported by the heavyweights (HP/IBM/Dell) but a little more > pricey than your current DDS technology. > > If you are looking for speed AND storage, I would suggest a combination > of disk and tape. Back you 'production' data to a separate 'backup' > drive then write the 'backup' drive contents to tape. > > If you have money to burn and require very little downtime during > backup, place your data on a mirrored disk. During backup time split > the mirror and backup the stale mirror to tape. Once you are done, > re-sync the stale mirror to your production mirror (which can be done > online). > > My CDN$.02, > K. > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
