Posted by peterh5322 on 07/14/06 06:21

On 2006-07-13 21:06:10 -0700, snorwood@redballoon.net (Scott Norwood) said:

> Now that DLT drives are available cheaply on Ebay, there's no reason
> not to have good backups. Actually, it's pretty impressive how
> far backup technology has come in the past few years. The current
> LTO-3 format that we are using at work now is so much better that
> it can't even be compared to the crappy 4mm systems that were common
> just five years ago.

What DLT drive are you using?

I, too, gave up on DDS, preferring to backup to an identical disk drive.

If tape (DLT) now has the needed capacity, then perhaps it deserves a
second look.

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