OT: SLR 5 Tape drive vs DAT

[Tom Palmquist]

Bill Vermillion stated the following on 2/2/2005 2:24 PM:
> It was Wed, Feb 02 10:59  when Fairlight said "Mia kusenveturilo estas
> plena da angiloj. And continued:
> 
> 
>>Simon--er, no...it was J. Ryan Kelley--said:
> 
> 
>>>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
> 
> 
>>DVD-RW/+RW anyone?
> 
> 
> Read some of the newsgroup on DVD longevity.  If you don't get
> the right brand you can see data disappear in under a year.
> 
> Tape - if properly cared for - is usually readable for 8 to 10
> years.
> 
> Bill


I'm amazed that no one has mentioned the Iomega REV drive.

We've been using one for several months now. With BackupEdge,
you can even create a bootable restore media, with the data
already on it. The drive is around $400 and the media, which
is a mini drive insert, runs around $40.00 ea. The media is
35/90 GB in native/compressed mode. And Iomega boasts a media
life of 1,000,000 passes.

I'm even backing up one of my Linux boxes to the SCO box drive
over TCP/IP and it works very well. The REAL benefit is that it
is extremely fast. I bought after seeing a demo at Microlite.

If Tom Podnar is listening, maybe he can quote published and
actual backup speeds. I think it is worth looking at.

My $.02

Tom

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