Re: [TCLUG:18622] I need a tape backup solution...

[Chris McKinley <lamfada@lugh.net>]

On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:

> >Travan works.  They have died before on me (the drive).  Nothing is a
> >subsitute for DLT.. 
> 	except AIT. :)
> 	anyone know anything about VXA's tape units, other than that
> they advertise in Linux Journal? they sound nice, but I know virtually
> nothing about them.

I just got one recently, and they are very easy to setup.  The drive works 
as a standard tape drive under UNIX.  I can not vouch for reliability, tho,
I just got it.

Best part: 33/66GB tapes cost $80, the drive costs $900-$1200 depending on
internal / external, kit / no kit.  You can get SCSI-II or LVD (get LVD,
it works with SCSI-II, UltraSCSI, etc.).  The 6MB/sec transfer rate is
pretty accurate.  Supposedly the tapes survive being frozen, dunked in 
boiling coffee.  I think you can use vanilla 8mm tapes, but I have not tried
that yet.

-Chris