<div dir="ltr">We use a Dell powervault with about 1.5TB and backup once a month to tape for storage off site. Works well. Tapes, if properly maintained (and it isn't that much maintenance) work just fine.<br><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Chris Fowler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cfowler@outpostsentinel.com">cfowler@outpostsentinel.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Chris Kleeschulte wrote:<br>
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> I am not crazy about using tapes or having a service come and gather<br>
> the tapes.<br>
><br>
</div>Why are people so against tapes? It is cost? Is it sequential access<br>
to data?<br>
It has been a long time since I used tapes. The primary reason, is that<br>
I just don't have that much data to backup. If I did, I would be<br>
combing the Internet looking for a tap solution that could hold that<br>
much data. In the past I've been served well by the QIC-20, 1/4" cart,<br>
and 4GB DAT tapes. We rotated them properly, cleaned the heads, and<br>
even validated the tapes after being written.<br>
<br>
a tape drive and a service is an excellent idea. You can't trust the<br>
service to be<br>
secure with your tapes so encrypt the data.<br>
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