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Re: Tape backup for 18Gb drive?



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Has anyone tried using rewritable cd for backup?
Is it feasible?
Jerry R

Allan Kaminsky wrote:
> 
> Look at OnStream:
> 
> http://www.onstream.com/
> 
> They have 30GB, 50 GB and 70 GB SCSI tape drives. They're relatively
> inexpensive and very fast. Their first round of software was not very good,
> but the latest release is significantly improved. They say backup rates can
> be as high as 7 GB per hour. I tend to see about 5-6, which isn't too
> shabby. It slows down if you use compression (which is done in software),
> but given the size of the tape cartridges, there really isn't much need to
> do that for most systems.
> 
> Allan
> 
> At 10:36 AM 1/13/00 , Neal Hughes wrote:
> 
> >I have some 18Gb drives, can any traders recommend a tape
> >manufacturer/model to back up a drive that size?
> >
> >DAT & SCSI is fine, or regular old IDE will do too.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >-Neal.
> >
> >-----------------
> >Neal on the 'net.
> >Trade well. Train hard.
> >http://www.halcyon.com/neal/

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