Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 22:51:49 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: jasondic@sbcglobal.net Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations for Tape Drives? Message-ID: <20030905035149.GM40413@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <200309040801.51727.jasondic@sbcglobal.net> References: <000001c372e9$8faef460$2600a8c6@cromedome> <200309040801.51727.jasondic@sbcglobal.net>
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On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 08:01:51AM -0700 I heard the voice of jasondic@sbcglobal.net, and lo! it spake thus: > > The idea of a low end backup solution involving tape drives hasn't truely been > realized in my opinion. For any real backup you'll have to spend a good > dollar. The problem is that over the past (say) 5 years, hard drive capacities have increased by close to 2 orders of magnitude, and the prices have gone *down*, so the price/meg is MORE than 2 orders of magnitude lower. In that time, tape drive capacities have maybe doubled, maybe a bit more than doubled, and the price/meg hasn't even fallen by 50%. These days, it's often cost effective to just buy a few Big Honkin' IDE Drives(tm), and stuff 'em in some removably trays to use for backup. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"
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