[TriLUG] tape drive recommendation?

Mike Broome mbroome at employees.org
Wed Aug 15 17:54:53 EDT 2001


On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 12:39:40PM -0400, Chris Hedemark wrote:
> Price not being an object, I'd pick DLT.  This being a home server, I'd
> imagine price would be an object (and you seem to have said that).  DLT is
> fast and reliable, but expensive for both drive and media.   Sony's AIT
> standard comes just underneath DLT but the tape are pricey.  There are some
> DAT offerings beneath AIT but I'm not up-to-date on those.  Last time I used
> DAT (2 years ago) it was slow and you had to switch tapes frequently for
> large backups.

Well, since it will be my own money I'm spending, price will have to be
an object, but I won't necessarily go with the cheapest drive based on
price alone.



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