rsync .. either to a winblows machine , another linux box on the network
or an extra hard drive installed for the specific purpose of a mirror..
very very cheap and the scripts are easy.... google for them... only
possible problem is the cpu can take a short term maxing...
Have fun

Sotiris Tsaftaris wrote:

> Hello all I am looking into purchasing a tape backup drive for our
> server.
>
> The server is a Intel Xeon server running Redhat linux 8.0
> We have a 200GB HD which is mirrored on another 200GB.
>
> To be safe we want to buy a backup solution for our setup.
>
> Our requirements are:
>
> Atleast 80 GB capacity
> Linux compatibility
> Reliability
> Price
>
> After a bit of searching it boiled down to:
>
> 1] Exabyte VXA-2. VXA-2 Technology, 80GB/160GB
> (compressed/uncompressed), tranfer rate 6MB/s, price ~$1000, media
> price ~$100.
>
> 2] Quantum DLT vs160. DLT (?) Technology, 80GB/160GB
> (compressed/uncompressed), tranfer rate 8MB/s, price ~$1800, media
> price ~$70.
>
> 3] Quantum DLT 8000. DLT Technology, 40GB/80GB
> (compressed/uncompressed), tranfer rate 6MB/s, price ~$2000, media
> price ~$70.
>
> I am only inlcuding the 3rd because it was in a similar price range
> although very high for the offerred capacity.
>
> I am very confused how similar capacities can have such a big price
> differences?
>
> I know that VXA-2 uses a helical tape path compared to the linear mode
> that the others use. I got the impression that this is a known debate
> in the storage area.
>
> It also seems to me that the vs160 does not use standard DLT tapes. Is
> that true?
>
> DLT media has been around for a while and at least from what i have
> heard, they are quite reliable. Is that true also for VXA-2 and vs160?
>
> Last, I am using dump to do the backup with our old (DDS drive) will I
> still be able to use that with any of the above?
>
> 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.
>
> Thank you all in advance for your time and attention.
>
> SotoS

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