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Tape Drive Question
Hello,
I'm looking into a tape drive for long-term storage. I'm very interested in a tape cartridge type that will be around for awhile. I still have SyJet cartridges with data I'll never see.
What are my options?
I'm looking into a tape drive for long-term storage. I'm very interested in a tape cartridge type that will be around for awhile. I still have SyJet cartridges with data I'll never see.
What are my options?
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i wouldnt backup with a tapedrive, not in this day and age. the reason being that they are slowly being phased out by many places and they are relitively slow... i would definitely go with an external hd, dvds(which will last hundreds of years if you dont scratch them) or flash based media
To evaluate the best solution for backup need a bit of information.
1. What are you wanting to backup (Office Documents, Pst Files, Entire Computers, want to be able to restore a whole system, a server?)
2. What is the rought size in GB of all the data you want backed up
3. How often are there changes in the data
4. How long can you go between restore points (how long can you loose data and still be hapy with a old restore)
5. Lastly what OS platforms will you be dealing with Microsoft OS's?
1. What are you wanting to backup (Office Documents, Pst Files, Entire Computers, want to be able to restore a whole system, a server?)
2. What is the rought size in GB of all the data you want backed up
3. How often are there changes in the data
4. How long can you go between restore points (how long can you loose data and still be hapy with a old restore)
5. Lastly what OS platforms will you be dealing with Microsoft OS's?
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1. My personal data includes photos, mp3s, financial data, word documents, etc. From the business side, it's software programs and audio files. I was content to only back up my data, but I'm ready to clone my laptop, and possibly my wife's as well. I would like to be able to restore my system, but I will probably also still maintain data-only backups in other places for redundancy.
2. To plan for the forseeable future, I'd probably want 500Gb.
3. The changes in the data are constant, but usually not major.
4. Losing a week's worth of data is about the most I could deal with. I'd really rather back the whole thing up every day just in case.
5. Windows and Apple.
1. My personal data includes photos, mp3s, financial data, word documents, etc. From the business side, it's software programs and audio files. I was content to only back up my data, but I'm ready to clone my laptop, and possibly my wife's as well. I would like to be able to restore my system, but I will probably also still maintain data-only backups in other places for redundancy.
2. To plan for the forseeable future, I'd probably want 500Gb.
3. The changes in the data are constant, but usually not major.
4. Losing a week's worth of data is about the most I could deal with. I'd really rather back the whole thing up every day just in case.
5. Windows and Apple.
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