On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <dtu...@vianet.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 08:11:14PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 01/02/09 19:01, Chris Jones wrote: > > >On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 07:05:14PM EST, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > [snip] > > >> > > >>Have you considered a tape drive? > > > > > >Yes, and the price-tag left me speechless. > > > > What about removable disk drives? > > Tape and disk go back and forth over which is cheaper per GB (TB?). For > frequent backups, sure a disk drive _may_ be appropriate depending on > the storage facilities available, but for sitting on a shelf (e.g. > archiving), a hard drive's firmware isn't really set up for dealing with > bit-rot that happens while off-line over time whereas this is tape's > bread and butter. > > I hope in the next couple of months to get a small tape library from the > same place I got my four NetServer LPr boxes. It supposed to have an > LTO-2 tape drive and storage for a dozen tapes, all in a 3U enclosure, > and all for $500. > > Doug. > > Really - that sound like a great deal. Can you get me in on that deal ??? I would be very interested. thanks mjh
