RE: Backup on Linux [DVD?]

["Jonathan Shore" <jshore@example.com>]

Well - perhaps technology and tapes have improved since then.  I was using a
connor 8GB SCSI DAT drive purchased in 1992.  Had problems with tapes
written 6m previous.  It could also have been a drive issue.  Found that I
needed to clean the drive after each backup.  This kind of experience makes
me nervous.

Though DLT is probably what I need longer term, am looking for an interum
media.  Thinking DVD with some automation at the moment.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Byrne [mailto:j-byrne@example.com]
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 11:33 AM
To: tlug@example.com
Subject: Re: Backup on Linux [DVD?]


Jonathan Shore (jshore@example.com) wrote:

> I'm actually a bit concerned with the lifetime of tapes.  Had a DAT drive
> some years ago and found the tape lifetime to be abismal.  In that sense I

We use DAT for backups here, I use one at home, and we also have one
on the TLUG server, and tape failures have proven uncommon.  We've
only had one go bad on the TLUG server in a year and a half, and
experience on other drives has been similar.

What kind of tape life did you experience?

Jonathan Byrne <j-byrne@example.com>               Engineering Division
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