I'll be honest first, we do not use VXA to back up Linux, yet. We do have a VXA PacketLoader from Exabyte, and it was arount 2,000USD. It holds 10 50GB tapes, and has been rock solid so far. If you go to Exabyte site, the VXA is heaped with awards, and Exabyte says it's their most popular product in 20 years. I don't know how much of that is marketing hype, but if you read the info on VXA, it is potentially much more reliable than DLT or DDS, because it cares less about head alignment. Just my suggstion.
Jon Nelson
12/30 6:50 PM >>> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Sheridan West wrote:
Hi I have a machine that needs a tape backup as my HP Colorado ide 8gb unit id's itself in 9.2 in /proc/scsi/scsi
But something on the box is not allowing the unit to be configured. (I need more space than a cdrw can provide)
So can i be ignorant and ask
Can anybody suggest a cheap 8gb+ storage medium for doing occasional large backups to either an Ide/or scsi bus.
I went with DLT. Shop E-Bay for "just the right" DLT drive, I got a
Compaq branded DLT-4000 (good for 24+ G of backup), CHEAP and it had
very few hours and works GREAT.
STAY AWAY from DDT (er, DDS ;-) (aka 'DAT').
Travan (I'm told) isn't any good, and most 8mm is dead.
Mammoth? Expensive and not that impressive anymore.
Same with AIT.
Whatever happened to VXA?
LTO is healthy and so is DLT/Super-DLT.
Personally, I'd go with DLT.
It's similar to but much better technology-wise than DAT/DDS.
Super-DLT is VERY nice but quite pricy.
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