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	Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>
Subject: Re: Re: tape splitter
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> 2. Outputs chunks in specified directory. You can configure it to write directly to tape, but it's not the best solution.
> 3. Can be configured to write only N chunks and after that wait for SIGUSR1 to write next.
> 4. Can be configured to write MD5-digest of every piece in separate file.
>
> I use it to make 45Gb backup on the DVD's every week at Friday. It takes approximatelly 30 minutes of my time and 6 hours of real time (i need to replace DVD's and write labels on them). It takes 12 DVD's and cost 6$.
>
> If you tapes is not very huge (< 4Gb) you will be better to use DVD's. Write once DVD is available ~0.5$ is you bought 100 at once.
> DVD is more reliable then tapes, and you can just put old backups on the shelf for long storage.
> For daily delta-backups you can use few DVD-RW.
>
>
i have 100GB tape drive. thanks for your program!