tape drive backup

jamoor · 11 Apr 2006 at 17:10

we have around 20 gigs of data on a server which we need to backup onto tape.

Which drive is the most ideal solution?

jamoor · 11 Apr 2006 at 18:33

what about software?

Also is there larger drives, say 80 gig or so, what are the largest these tapes go to?

jamoor · 11 Apr 2006 at 18:58

MikeTimbers said:
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.

its ms windows 2k3 SBS

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