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From: Jim Dennis <jimd@starshine.org>
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Subject: Re: Backups, suggestions?
To: jmb@freefall.freebsd.org (Jonathan M. Bresler)
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 11:53:28 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: jeffrey_m._metcalf@ccmail.bms.com, questions@freebsd.org,
        metcalf@imagine.com
In-Reply-To: <199607301758.KAA22395@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Jul 30, 96 10:58:23 am
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> Jeffrey M. Metcalf wrote:
> >      Hello,
> >      
> >      From reading the installation manual for my FreeBSD 2.1 CDROM,
> >      I see that through the ft? Kernel option and ft manual page
> >      that there is some support for floppy tape backups for FreeBSD.
> >      I have tried a Colorado T1000 Travan backup with no luck.  I have
> >      also been advised through this forum before, that floppy backups are
> >      hopeless and that I should settle for nothing less than SCSI.
> >      However, the cheapest SCSI based tape drive that Dirt Cheap Drives,
> 
> 	try www.corpsys.com.  Archive 1300MB QIC @ $119.  should be scsi
> 	even though the add says floppy tape, i got one at home.
> 	tapes are more expensive ~$25-30
> 
> 	they also have dat drives: Archive DDS-1 2GB DAT drive
> 
> >      say, has in stock is $999 for a 2GB HP drive.  I simply cannot 
> >      afford this, so I must persue another route.  I need an inexpensive

	Disk Drive Depot/ CSC (divisions of the same company)
	offers an Archive 16Gb multi-tape 4mm DAT unit (with autochanger)
	for about $395 (internal) -- add about ~100 to put that into
	an external case.  They also have 5.25" MO (magneto optical)
	drives (external 300Mb per side, "flippy") and 1G for 
	less than $500 and CD-ROM burners for less than $600 (internal).

	Pick your poison.  I don't have CSC's number handy
	(they do all the mail order) but DDD is at 408-738-3895.

	If you're in the bay area there are places where you can
	used drives even cheaper -- but these are all new or 
	refurbished.