Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:47:48 -0400 (EDT) From: FreeBSD Bob <fbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> To: dscheidt@enteract.com (David Scheidt) Cc: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey), patl@phoenix.volant.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why use tape for backups? (was: backup method reccommendation?) Message-ID: <199910111347.JAA60227@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991010215221.26503A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> from David Scheidt at "Oct 10, 1999 09:58:51 pm"
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> I have used 9 track ,QIC, Exabyte, DDS, and DLT. I find 9 track > and DLT to be the most reliable. I have more DLT tape drive failures > than media failures. And they are fast, and hold lots. They aren't > cheap though. This is why at home, I backup to CD-RW, which hasn't had any > failures yet. > > David Scheidt Dave, and others listening..... What are the pros and cons of doing backups on CD's? I have been doing archiving on CD's for some months, and that seems to be working, but, it is a real hassle to go through the motions of tarring/compressing/isoing to write to a cd.... more than should be necessary. What is a reasonable approach to backups via CD's? They are getting cheap enough that it seems like it might be a workable solution in some instances. Are there any good ways to use CD's as ``quasi tape devices'' rather than mountable devices? Something like dumping to a file, then dding the file directly to the CDdevice is what I would like to do. Then if a recovery is needed, restore directly from the CD, like tape. Is that possible? Thanks Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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