[ale] Backup strategies

[Pat Regan]

Chris Fowler wrote:
> Pat Regan wrote:
>> I apologize for not noticing it was a loader.
>>
>> You got me pretty interested, so I checked froogle as well.  The low
>> cost entries are mostly from no-name vendors and also used, and all but
>> one vendor is over $500.
>>   
> 
> Wow!  It has been a while since I've dealt with tape drives.  We use to 
> pay over a thousand easily for a drive that was SCSI I and it only did 
> one tape.  And we were happy paying it!
> 
> Is your data worth $500?
> 
> If it is not then it would be a waste of cash.
> 

Do I want to trust my data to a used backup system? :)

Pat

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