On 08/23/17 11:06, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > On 2017-08-22 21:26, Heitor Faria wrote: > >> It usually cost a new tape library, a new set of tapes and coffee. >> It is not that hard to migrate legacy backups if you use a backup rotation >> strategy such as GFS and works in a common company with 1-5 maximum >> montly/yearly retention backups. > > I repeat, how many times have *you* done it, how many tapes, and how > much did it cost you? In hardware, your time, and energy bills?
I don't have the luxury of a controlled environment for my backup system. One of the things I've learned as a result is that I greatly extend the life of my tape drive by *only powering it on* when I'm preparing to run monthly full backups. (This also, practically speaking, rules out internal drives, period.) If you want to get a long service life out of a modern tape drive you practically need to have a clean-room for it. Requiring a controlled environment to get a useful service life is another hidden cost factor in LTO tape, and the higher the track densities go, the more sensitive the drives are going to be to environmental factors. I'm REALLY hoping that by the time I need to upgrade from my LTO4 drive, there is a better and more robust alternative available. -- Phil Stracchino Babylon Communications ph...@caerllewys.net p...@co.ordinate.org Landline: +1.603.293.8485 Mobile: +1.603.998.6958 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
