In comp.os.linux.misc Sotiris Tsaftaris <stsaft@yahoo.com> wrote:

: To summarize, go with the new and really cheap! VXA-2, go with quantum
: DLT vs160 for double the price, or rely on DLT 8000.

Since your "reliability" requirement comes before your "price"
requirement, I'd have to seriously recommend against the "new and
cheap". I'd never trust my data to any helical drive. The linear drives
were developed specifically for hi-rel use, plus have a very
large and excellent track record.

You might want to consider a removable hard drive instead of tapes.
Faster, probably cheaper, and likely as reliable, plus larger media
so you need less of the media.

Do the math though- if your backups are deep enough and
the tapes cheap enough tape may be cheaper.

Same goes with NAS devices, which do a good job if you don't need
deep backups.


Stan

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