I use lto2 (daily) and 3 (weekly), with hp960 external and msl6030 with 2 hp960 drives. I previously used a hp 6/60 dlt4 library with 5 drives.
lto is faster to backup and restore. The drives change speed to match the data transfer rate, which will extend the life of both the drives and the media. The lto media has higher capacity, and cost per data unit is lower. I've been running this config for about 1.5 years with no drive or media problems. YMMV. On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 16:41 +0200, Gour wrote: > Hi! > > My first post to the list... > > I browsed through ml's archives and I can see that both DLT & LTO-2 > should work nicely with Bacula, but I'm need some advice in choosing > between the two :-) > > I have around ~100 hours of video on Hi8 tapes which are getting > converted to DV, needs to be cleaned a bit and then this cut-edit-only > raw material has to be archived. > > From that 'raw' material, I plan to produce several 'movies', burn them > to DVD, but I want to archive those 'movies' in DV in order to preserve > quality (in comparison with MPEG). > > > There are some slide-shows to be produces from scanned negatives... > > All in all, I calculate it will be around 2TB of data for storage - in > the beginning. > > Besides that I plan to regularly backup my desktop machine (running > Gentoo on amd64), as well as laptop (by connecting it to desktop via > ethernet). > > I read lot of reviews on the net, handbooks (about technologies), > studied a bit specs and has arrived at few options... > > In the past I used DDS-1 drive made by HP but had lot of problems with > it, so I dumped DAT72 technology and do not want to consider upcoming > DAT160. > > Then, I've arrived to the choice between the two technologies (according > to my budget), ie. DLT or LTO-2 taking into consideration total cost > (drive + media) for 2TBs. > > In the DLT camp, the option is Quantum DLT-V4, while in the LTO-2 the > option is (again) Quantum LTO-2 HH drive or (more pricey) HP Ultrium > 448. > > I am interested only for external units, so whichever I choose, I plan > to hook on Adaptec 29160 or 29320 (which one do you recommend?). > > So, please, help me. > > Which technology to go, DLT or LTO-2 ? > > Is the justification in HP's higher price (Ultrium 448) over Quantum's > LTO-2 drive? > > Is there any other option I didn't consider? > > Thank you in advance. > > Sincerely, > Gour (hoping to soon become Bacula user himself) > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
