Re: Backup devices...

2011-09-20 Thread Bob Hartung
Check out RDX cartridges @ Quantum. The Addonics stuff is made to be very inexpensive. -- Bob Hartung Dir of I.T. Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com _ From: Mike [ma

Re: Backup devices...

2011-09-20 Thread Jonathan Link
Although, RDX is a bit slow. On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Bob Hartung wrote: > ** > Check out RDX cartridges @ Quantum. The Addonics stuff is made to be very > inexpensive. > > -- > > Bob Hartung > Dir of I.T. > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 535

Re: Backup devices...

2011-09-21 Thread Matthew W. Ross
I'm sure there are some "More Enterprise" solutions, but I always liked what I saw from http://high-rely.com/ (Also accessable from http://tapesucks.com FYI). --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Mike [mailto:ntsysad...@rccs.org] To: NT System Admin Issues [ma

Re: Backup devices...

2011-09-23 Thread Jim Majorowicz
You might want to take a look at High-Rely. On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Mike wrote: > I’ve read a few threads on here regarding alternatives to tape, but haven’t > really found what I’m looking for. Right now, several of my clients are using > a removable drive system from Addonics called

RE: BACKUP DEVICES

2009-01-28 Thread Dallas Burnworth
I guess a lot depends on how much data you have and what your recovery time objective is, but Tandberg Data and HP sell this thing called an RDX that comes in an external USB form factor and an internal SATA form factor. The RDX uses removable hard drives in different sizes and you can use whatever

RE: BACKUP DEVICES

2009-01-28 Thread Sam Cayze
eSATA too. From: Dallas Burnworth [mailto:dallas.burnwo...@zones.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: BACKUP DEVICES I guess a lot depends on how much data you have and what your recovery time objective is, but Tandberg Data and HP sell

RE: BACKUP DEVICES

2009-01-28 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
ystem Admin Issues Subject: RE: BACKUP DEVICES These drive caddy systems are slick. Here I just use plain ol' drive enclosures with sata 3.5 drives as the guts. If you can, make sure you get enclosures that can dissipate heat adequately, otherwise you will fry a lot of disks fast! I'

RE: BACKUP DEVICES

2009-01-28 Thread Ken Schaefer
esult - USB 2.0 isn't that fast (about 1GB/minute). I imagine the internal option (which I believe is a SATA device) would be much faster Cheers en From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2009 10:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: BACK

Re: BACKUP DEVICES

2009-01-28 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Dallas Burnworth wrote: > ... RDX that comes in an external USB form factor and an internal SATA form > factor. Assuming the internal SATA variant, is there much difference between one of these and just buying a removable disk kit? HP wants $710 for a 500 GB c

Re: BACKUP DEVICES

2009-01-28 Thread Phil Brutsche
It depends on the SATA controller. Any decent eSATA controller will report the hard drive as a removable device rather than a fixed device. If the SATA controller reports the drive as a removable device it's plug-n-pray, just like USB. Only with faster transfer rates ;) If the SATA controller rep

RE: BACKUP DEVICES

2009-01-29 Thread Cameron Cooper
At the moment we use LaCie's removable HDs with encryption and bio-metric scanner. They have worked well, had only one drive fail. Also depends on how much data you are actually backing up. ---___ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports,

RE: BACKUP DEVICES

2009-01-29 Thread Roger Wright
I'd give serious consideration to an eSATA array from www.pc-pitstop.com. You can customize your configuration and capacity, and the performance is much better than any USB drive system. If you call them they'll assist you with recommendations based on your needs and requirements. Unf

RE: BACKUP DEVICES

2009-01-30 Thread Jim Majorowicz
We recommend High-Rely. www.high-rely.com From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: BACKUP DEVICES We currently backup our data to tape drives. We are considering the use of hard disk drive based devices