-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/28/2011 11:28 AM, Dan Langille wrote: > On Fri, January 28, 2011 10:58 am, Ryan Novosielski wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 01/28/2011 10:50 AM, Alan Brown wrote: >>> Martin Simmons wrote: >>> >>>>> Any hints? >>>> >>>> My advice is to forget about making overcomplicated -- a branded HP >>>> DDS4 tape >>>> costs less that $10. >>> >>> Same advice here even if using more expensive media. It's not worth the >>> time wasted. >> >> Fair enough. I'm assuming then though that I should replace them more >> often than Bacula might automatically suggest in that case, eh? > > How big are your backups?
The total that is ever written to the tapes in question is 1.5GB or so. Wouldn't make much sense to waste DLT's on them (which I do use for large jobs). > I think it is bad form to suggest changing your tools, but in this case, > it was suggested to me a few years ago and I do not regret it. > > I went to DLT from DDS a few years back (7 or 8?). Granted, most people > are using LTO today. I managed to pick up some very good used DLT drives > and tapes. They are much sturdier than DDS. Yeah. I check the DDS tapes every once in awhile. Never had a bad restore, and DLT is definitely overkill for me. Bacula is sort of a niche software for us -- we use it for non-production backups and backups that are not supported by HP Data Protector (which used to be more, but now that they've upgraded a couple of times, it supports most of what we have). - -- - ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Sr. Systems Programmer |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |novos...@umdnj.edu - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/CST-Academic Svcs. - ADMC 450, Newark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1C9cMACgkQmb+gadEcsb5VbACgyXbQqSRCy3cf6PsX+XYYOYW8 GZoAniJFcB0U1/SioeCBIKPvdcxtxYEY =uol7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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