[PLUG] advice on buying a cheap DAT Drive

[Cooper Stevenson]

On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 19:00, Jon Ladwig wrote:

[snip]
> Sounds like I'll have plenty of options with programs/scripts.
[snip]

Here's one more that I think will really meet your needs, The links
below refer to a short overview I wrote about backing up your Linux
computer:

  http://www.mwvlug.org/back/back.html

The PDF is here:

  http://www.mwvlug.org/back/back.pdf

Hostdump Documentation here:

  http://www.mwvlug.org/back/hostdump/hostdump.html

Hostdump tar file here:

  http://www.mwvlug.org/back/hostdump/hostdump.tar

Best,


Cooper Stevenson
Em:  cooper at cooper.stevenson.name
Www: http://www.mwvlug.org

  
On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 19:00, Jon Ladwig wrote:
> Thanks for the replies-
> 
> Sounds like I'll have plenty of options with programs/scripts.
> 
> Good advice on the size, but in this case, money matters
> and 2-4gb is plenty big enough.
> 
> Ok, off to ebay- I've got some to learn there too. Seems to be a
> big difference in shipping ($8 -vs- $20) and warranty (AS-IS -vs-
> 7-30 day moneyback).
> 
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org
> > [mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org]On Behalf Of Keith Morse
> > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 6:27 PM
> > To: Plug at Lists. Pdxlinux. Org
> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] advice on buying a cheap DAT Drive
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Jon Ladwig wrote:
> >
> > > I know very little about tape back-up; just thought
> > > it would be useful to learn a bit more. Maybe backup
> > > /homes and /var/www/html.
> > >
> > > Any Linux gotcha's I should know about?
> > >
> > > I'm hoping I can pick up an old internal 4mm
> > > unit- DDS or DDS-1 or DDS-2. Does around $25 sound
> > > reasonable for one of those? Brands to avoid?
> > >
> >
> > I'll leave the software side to the many experts who are exponentially
> > smarter than me for all things tar, shell, ssh, and dd.
> >
> > I would make one recommendation.  Please make sure that the DDS2
> > format is
> > sufficient for your needs.  2/4gb may seem okay on the face of it, but
> > that capacity can be easily surpassed by future needs.   I'd
> > expect you to
> > be able to find a DDS3 (12/24 gb) for $150 or so.  But then again, I
> > haven't looked lately so I may be talking out my ass.  Heck for the cost
> > of the drives and media, DVD +R/+RW seems to be shaping up as the
> > defacto standard for DVD discs and another method for backup.  Might want
> > to check this out.
> >
> >
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