Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 23:36:27 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Walter Betancourt" <walt@betan.com> Subject: Re: Tape Drives Message-ID: <05f301c19a27$42712d40$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <4.2.2.20020110164926.00a87950@popd.betan.net>
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Walter writes: > so I figured there must be a downside to using > a hard drive vs tape. There are several disadvantages to hard drives. For one thing, they are vastly more expensive, particularly as you keep larger and larger volumes of backups. For another, they don't help you at all if the machine is destroyed, since you can't keep them offsite. They also consume power and generate heat. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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