Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 19:20:43 -0700 From: Ian <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> To: <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive recommendations? Message-ID: <B8CFB50B.BB38%freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <3CAA3639.2030401@mac.com>
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> I have a 4.5-RELEASE system and have just taken possession of an > AHA-2940 ultra scsi card: I think it's time I took a serious look > at backing stuff up. Someone gave me a tape drive that turned out > to be an floppy tape unit, unsupported under FreeBSD. So I'm > looking to do it right this time. Any either recommended units or > brands and formats? > > I don't have but a few Gb of stuff to back up, 10 at the outside > for now. The most any machine will take up is 2-3 Gb. Boxes I'd > like to have backed up range from Mac OS 9/X to FreeBSD and NetBSD. > -- > Paul Beard You didn't give any guidance about what you're willing to spend. For backing up "about 10 gb" I'd recommend a DDS-3 DAT drive, if you've got $500-ish to sink into it. A DDS-3 drive costs a lot more than a DDS-2, but it's so much faster that it's well worth it if you're serious about backups. The fact that the tapes hold 12gb (before compression) rather than DDS-2's 4gb sounds about right for your needs, too. Now for a bit of unorthodoxy: since you mentioned MacOS, have a look at Retrospect from Dantz software for backing up. There's betaware of the OS X version available at www.dantz.com. I've been using Retrospect for backups since 1993, it beats anything I've ever worked with in the past 30 years. (But I haven't used the OSX version yet, I'm not sure if it's NFS-savvy.) -- Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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