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Backup Tapes vs. portable hard drives??????
I understand some of the pros and cons of these two solutions- backup tape and portable hard drives - being used as the only means of backing up data. I would like to hear others opinions on useing a portable hard drive for company backups.
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Small company- 18 users, 1 server, under 30g worth of data being backed up.
TIA!
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Small company- 18 users, 1 server, under 30g worth of data being backed up.
TIA!
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I have just lost so much data with tapes that I have lost all confidence in them. I know people have been using them for 30 something years for backup but. They tend to overheat doing a restore therefore losing data. Just my experience. I feel safer with DVD and multiple backup HDDs. He could get a DVD burner 50 DVDs and 2 40GB hard drives for about $200. Not to bad a deal in my book.
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Thanks to all for posting your opinions- they where very helpful.
A company that small I would just use a tape backup. A good tape backup solution implemented correctly can do backups quickly. We are currently backing up 30GB in about 3hrs.
Portable HDs: Fragile and expensive to replace when damaged. Because I know we don't have time to wait for a warranty item to be replaced.