Re: tlug: <Q> Tape Drive

[Navye Regan <regan@example.com>]

>    I use a 1/4" QIC SCSI drive (525MB capacity) for my machines at
>    home, but I have used an 8mm 5GB drive on a SPARC Linux machine 
>    in the office, too.
> 
>    What is your primary concern, daily backup of large amounts of
>    data, ease of recovery, speed of backup? It might even be worth 
>    looking into writeable CDs as a backup medium,rather than tape.
> 
> 
> 				-John-

John Little,

 My primary concern is periodical back-up of about 1G byte of files
(weekly) and speed of back-up is not a concern to me. As of now, I 
 am considering purchasing a TEAC MT-2ST or a Seagate 8000 Model.
 
Thanks,
Regan Nayve
Next TLUG meeting is Saturday Dec. 13, 1997  (possibly Nov. 13?)
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