What LARGE backup media covers this?

[CZroe]

OK, I'm SICK of loosing data. I'm looking for something VERY large capacity that's descent enough to back up a, 60GB drive & a 30GB RAID on no more than 2 or 3 peices of media. 30-40GB range seems about right Is there anything that suits this need realisticly as a home user? MO disk are ridiculous, as are DVD-R/W+ & all other flavors, so what does that leave me with? I haven't followed tape backup products in years, but how much can they hold currently? I don't want a rack of cartridges like they have at work

 

[wfbberzerker]

get a cd burner and burn your data onto a couple of cds (if your data is larger than 1 cd, there are programs that let you put them onto a couple of cds)

 

[Windogg]

I have recently discovered that the most cost effective backup method is a 100GB 5400RPM HDD plus external firewire case.

Anything that can handle 40GB uncompressed (drive, media, controller) and doesn't do in 2 days costs enough to buy a used car.

Windogg

 

[arcas]

You can find DLT drives in the 40GB/80GB (uncompressed/compressed) range but they're not really home
user material. The tape drive will cost somewhere between $400 and $800 depending on manufacturer and
speed and I don't recall ever seeing non-SCSI DLT drives so you'll need to consider the cost of a SCSI host
adapter too. If you go the used route, you can probably find a drive for $400 and an 2940UW adapter for
$40...Might be able to find 30GB/60GB DLTs for significantly less.

Don't forget the cost of cartriges. DLTs in the 40GB range will probably go for $40 a piece.

There are larger capacity drives out there but they're obviously not aimed at the home market. LDT drives
typically store more than 200GB/tape but cost around $5k.

Or you could wait for a tape robot to show up at a dot-bomb auction or ebay and stick it in your
basement. ADSM/TSM backup software + tape robot = joy.

 

[CZroe]

Heh,i saw those auto-tape thingies
I can't possible see why the 40-80GB tapes have such expensive drives! If they simply lowered the drives (to ~200$) & increased the media cost they could open up to a whole ne market! Home users can afford more than $40 for 80GB, but not that much per drive!

CD-RW isn't an option because it would take 100+ just to backup one drive...

 

[bozo1]

Where are you getting your prices? DLTIV drives (40/80) are in the $3000+ price range. DLT1 drives appeared recently and are 40/80 but are about 1/4 to 1/3 the speed of DLTIV and these run around $1500.

 

[SUOrangeman]

How often does your data change? If it is fairly static (MP3s, etc.), go ahead and take the week to burn stuff onto CD. If things are changing constantly, tape backup may be better. I don't know if I would totally rely on a second hard drive.

-SUO

 

[thornc]

Have you considered Onstream they have these:
30GB IDE - Internal
and these:
60GB IDE - Internal

I know that the first cost around $300 over here, tapes around $50.... you should be
able to get them cheaper in the US!!!

 

[Killbat]

external Firewire IDE enclosure: <$100
Firewire PCI card (if needed): $50
100GB HDD: <$250

That's under $400, bud. I have this setup with an 80GB drive; it's simple as hell to set up. Plug in, turn on, run Backup.

BTW, the average solution like this can handle 6-12MB/s, so you can find the time to backup daily if you so choose.

 

[Phiberoptix]

<< ADSM/TSM backup software + tape robot = joy. >>



hehe, imagine the possibilities : all the pr0n in the world right under your desk