SLR 5 vs. DAT

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J. Ryan Kelley wrote on 2/2/2005, 10:57 AM:

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 >
 > -----Original Message-----
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 > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Kenneth
 > Brody
 > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:52 AM
 > To: Scott Walker
 > Cc: Filepro_List
 > Subject: Re: OT: SLR 5 Tape drive vs DAT
 >
 >
 > Quoting Scott Walker <scottw1 at alltel.net>:
 >
 > > One of my customers has an old QIC tape drive that has finally died.
 > >
 > > I told him to get a quote on a DAT drive to replace it.
 > [...]
 >
 > Nowadays, is there any inherent advantage of using tapes when DVD writers
 > and media are getting so inexpensive?
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 > The Main advantage i can think of is that tape drives are reuseable,
 > so if
 > you need to backup your data on the same medium several times, Tape is
 > still
 > the better option.  I would agree that DVD is a better option for long
 > term
 > permanent storage though
 >
 >
 > -ryan
 >

I have clients using SLR 5, DAT 3/4, and LTO 1/2.  LTO is by the far the
fastest and most expensive.  For very small systems SLR 5 is fine.
I find that SLR tapes are a bit more reliable than DAT.  I've also used
DVD re-writers but there are file size limits and you must erase the
files before doing another backup.  For non-SCSI systems I like CMS
ABS-Plus USB drives with their disaster recovery CD.

Regards,
RWS
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