On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 09:13:53PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 27 Jan, Shaun Oliver wrote: > > why not buy a san and have done with it? > > your tapes could hold way more than any cd-rw and it'd be a far easier > > solution in terms of space, > > I mean what does one of those tapes hold? 24 gb so you save in that > > respect, > > not only that, the san will automagically swap tapes as required. hth > > Well, I suspect cost would be one issue.
Nope. -> http://listings.ebay.com.au/plistings/list/all/category3756/index.html?from=R4 -> trading post -> swap meets you can reasonable good one around the $100 mark, tapes you can buy from citysoftware in 10packs ($120), so for $220 you are set for a long time (sonys are good!). then go to amanda.org, get amanda (which SPREADS backups across the tape you give amanda) and you have a good backup setup. Just be careful with HP Surestore 8Dat (4/8GB), the heads dont lsat THAT long, HP states some 3hours per day over a 10year cycle. I just threw one out of the open window (literally), this one was only backing up my Bastion Host, I bought it 2nd hand for $250 3 years ago, I cannot complain about that investment.... jobst -- The email address in this email is used for Mailing Lists Only. Please reply ONLY to the list email address, do not reply to the email directly. Computing power increases as the square of the cost. If you want to do it twice as cheaply, you have to do it four times as fast. __, Jobst Schmalenbach, Technical Director _ _.--'-n_/ Barrett Consulting Group P/L & The Meditation Room P/L -(_)------(_)= +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
