RE: Recommendation for tape drives

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From:

Michael Loftis <mloftis AT wgops DOT com>

To:

amanda-users AT amanda DOT org

Date:

Fri, 03 Dec 2004 13:30:21 -0700

--On Friday, December 03, 2004 14:20 -0500 Gil Naveh <gnaveh AT cleverex DOT com>wrote:

Some more specifications regarding getting a tape drive:
I have a Solaris 9 box which will be the Amanda server
I have to back up another Solaris box as well as a few Window2000 boxes.
The budget for the tape drive is about 500$ to 1000$ (without Jukebox -
too expensive)
I would like to use compression, yet I have no idea about the
compressibility of the data.

My preferences would be: 1) A device that can store 30GB or more. (most
important)
                         2) Easy to configure with Amanda.(very
impportant)                          3) Reliable (very impportant)
                         3) Fast to record and recover (less important)
thx :)

FYI, number three is usually VERY dependant on your tape host as well. Ifyour tape host isn't fast enough the drive will end up waxing the tape,winding back and forth since it can't stream. So make sure whatever tapeyou get, your HDD where your amanda spool is on can SUSTAIN atleast thetape's speed plus about 50%.

One thing you need to think about is cost of media too. I'd tend torecommend either Exabyte's VXA products or <favorite vendor's> DLTproducts. I've had great luck with both. DLTs are definitely moreexpensive, but have been around for longer and are known to work well.YMMV of course.

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