On Friday 12 August 2005 09:40, FM wrote:
>Hello everybody,
>
>My ibm 35810 died and I will cost use 20000 CA$ to replace it. So I
>thing it's time to switch for HD backups.
>
>Does some of you using HD backup ? if so what is you stategy ?
>How you take backup off-site ?
>
>What kind of hardware are you using ? SCSI or SATA RAID ?
>
>Thanks !
Here, a home site, I'm, using a 200GB atapi drive, with 180GB of it
partitioned for amanda. Its worked flawlessly for everythng for
about a year. It is not removeable other than by a powerdown & ata133
cable disconnection. I'd not have an offsite storage place available
anyway. I'm backing up the working parts of 2 machines & may add a
third if it ever gets to stay on 24/7 like the first 2 do.
Candid opinion: HD's are far more friendly than tapes when it comes
to recovery operations, and hundreds of times faster for recovery. I
did not find that tapes (but then I was using DDS2 (spit) tapes too)
were in fact all that dependable, with something getting a tummy ache
at weekly intervals. I've had no such tummy aches with the HD setup.
BUT: Quality tapes would have the option of removing for permanent
storage, unlike using a non-removable HD. If I really thought my
stuff was *that* precious, I'd burn a stack of dvd's once month.
But, I'd have to justify the cost of the dvd+(or-)r's as an ongoing
expense, something my SS would have to support as I'm just your
typical old fart, half retired, tv chief engineer whose played with
computers since 1977 & refuses to act my age of 70.
Trying to stay in shape, and needing to get it done, I've moved about
4 yards of dirt with a shovel and wheelborrow in the last 3 days
with the temps in the high 80's. And thats burning about 2 lbs a day
off me that I can well afford to lose, and keeping the sugar in check
too. But when I'm done, it'll be mowable. Nothings flat in West
Virginia unless you "make it so"...
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Cheers, Gene
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