Soldato
we have around 20 gigs of data on a server which we need to backup onto tape.
Which drive is the most ideal solution?
Which drive is the most ideal solution?
tape drive backup
- Thread starter jamoor
- Start date
Soldato
Internal DDS-4 DAT with a decent SCSI card. Or an external DDS4 with USB2 for only £296 ex VAT. Or even a DDS5 / USB for £302 if you can find one in stock.
DDS4 is 20GB native and up to 40GB compressed. Very easy to buy tapes and backwards copmpatible with DDS3 and DDS2 tapes if you have old ones.
If anyone tries to tell you to buy a hard disk instead, ignore them. A hard disk puts all the backups in one place i.e. a single point of failure. You need to be able to keep multiple copies in multiple places with easy off-site capability.
Nothing beats tapes for value and facility.
DDS4 is 20GB native and up to 40GB compressed. Very easy to buy tapes and backwards copmpatible with DDS3 and DDS2 tapes if you have old ones.
If anyone tries to tell you to buy a hard disk instead, ignore them. A hard disk puts all the backups in one place i.e. a single point of failure. You need to be able to keep multiple copies in multiple places with easy off-site capability.
Nothing beats tapes for value and facility.
what about software?
Also is there larger drives, say 80 gig or so, what are the largest these tapes go to?
Also is there larger drives, say 80 gig or so, what are the largest these tapes go to?
Soldato
Software depends on the OS! What OS are you using? Most Windows server OS come with a backup capability although it's not great. Unix-based systems use tar or cpio. Then there are 3rd party vendors like Veritas.
DDS5 does 36GB uncompressed and up to 72GB compressed. One tape can hold multiple archives depending on the software capability.
If you want bigger than 72GB per tape, the price starts going up pretty quickly. SuperDLT goes to 600GB or so these days and LTO up to 800GB per tape.
DDS5 does 36GB uncompressed and up to 72GB compressed. One tape can hold multiple archives depending on the software capability.
If you want bigger than 72GB per tape, the price starts going up pretty quickly. SuperDLT goes to 600GB or so these days and LTO up to 800GB per tape.
Last edited:
MikeTimbers said:
its ms windows 2k3 SBS
Soldato
Use the backup solution found in Computer Management which is free. Not brilliant but you can't beat the price!