If you haven't made your decision yet look at the Seagate Tapestore 8G (TR-4). You can find them for under $200 (check pricewatch.com) and they usually come with a tape. They come in ide or scsi internal/external. They are fast and effective. I have one and love it.
Brian | On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, the lone gunman wrote: | | I'm unsure of what backup media I should go with for my Linux system. | I have a 4 gig harddrive. | | I'm thinking about CD-R or Travan-4 tape backup. I'm pulling hairs, | though, trying to determine which is better (for me, anyway). I'd | like to go with DAT, but the drives are too expensive. | | There are scsi CD-R drives for around $400 or so, and the HP T4 | (Travan 4) internal scsi tape unit is about the same as for price (I | think). I cannot afford to go any higher. | | CD-R seems a better route, with the low media costs, and that most | cd-roms can read my backups. Retrieval would also be considerably | faster. | | But, I read a long FAQ about CD-R, and the Linux Cd-writing howto, and | CD burning makes me nervous because it's so sensitive. I'm worried cd | backups may fail, and my computer is probably pretty useless while I'm | burning. One 4 gig Travan-4 tape would pretty much do me, and the | process is a bit simpler. Plus, I don't think there's too much of a | difference in write speed for CD-R and scsi Travan-4. | | Can anyone offer any suggestions? Perhaps a link to a backup | comparison site or something? (Since this topic has probably been | beaten to death!). | Brian -- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
