From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 4 20:51:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2858E16A4BF for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 20:51:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from praetor.linc-it.com (hardtime.linuxman.net [66.147.26.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF10E44005 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 20:51:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mortis.over-yonder.net (adsl-19-159-39.jan.bellsouth.net [68.19.159.39]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by praetor.linc-it.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBE31154F6; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 22:51:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: by mortis.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id CBD5D20F2A; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 22:51:49 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 22:51:49 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: jasondic@sbcglobal.net Message-ID: <20030905035149.GM40413@over-yonder.net> References: <000001c372e9$8faef460$2600a8c6@cromedome> <200309040801.51727.jasondic@sbcglobal.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309040801.51727.jasondic@sbcglobal.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i-fullermd.1 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations for Tape Drives? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 03:51:55 -0000 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"