Re: [SLUG] Inexpensive Tape Drive

From: Robert Haeckl (rhaeckl@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 12:17:30 EDT


Has anybody used a tape drive? If so, what brand was it and was it any
good?

-Robert

Robert Haeckl wrote:
>
> Looking to buy an inexpensive tape backup drive either new or maybe from
> Ebay. Would like to put a full backup and a week's worth of daily
> incrementals on one tape (~8-10 GB ought to be enough). I've been
> tarring selected directories onto a zip disk and occasionally burning an
> archive, but I would prefer to do full backups. Anybody have
> suggestions or preferences? ATAPI vs. SCSI? Seagate vs. HP vs.
> OnStream vs. ...? 8mm vs. Travan vs. ADR vs. ...?
>
> -Robert



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