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tdean   08-05-2002 at 10:48:10 PM

im building a server with 5 80gb hard drives. 2 on the system partition (mirrored) and 3 on the other partition (raid 5). can someone suggest a good tape drive for data backup?

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jc14all   08-05-2002 at 11:59:48 PM
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Seagate has a reasonably priced one. <A HREF="http://www.digiconcepts.com/seagate_tapebackups_01.htm" target="_new">Travan TB-ST2200A</A> Up to 20 Gig's.

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tdean   08-06-2002 at 04:37:27 AM
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but can i use that with my current setup? actually, there wont be a lot of data being stored....

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jc14all   08-06-2002 at 04:48:00 AM
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Yes you can use it with your setup, or if you prefer removable here is another <A HREF="http://rss.seagate.com/products/srssDrives/travanMain.html" target="_new">External Tape Drive</A>. If you aren't needing a lot of storage use a CD burner.

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tdean   08-06-2002 at 05:15:06 AM
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that 20gb is pretty good, but i can actually go as high as $1000. do you know of annything decent for that $$? maybe a 40gb? the ide interface is preferred, but i could add a scsi card if necessary.

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jc14all   08-06-2002 at 05:45:15 AM
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Here is the next model up to 40 gig's <A HREF="http://rss.seagate.com/products/srssDrives/STT6401U2-R.html" target="_new">TapeStor Travan 40 Portable USB 2.0</A>. It's model: STT6401U2-R. This is the link to the whole product line -> <A HREF="http://rss.seagate.com/products/srssDrives/driveSearchResults.jsp" target="_new">click</A>. Hope that helps. -><A HREF="http://www.dealtime.com/GSE/GseWrapCache/1,6902,,00.html?nFormID=1708&keyword=tape+backup&MANUFACTER_ID=0&result_id=300&SortBy=0&Operator=&Min_price=680&Max_price=1220&act_kw=tape+backup&bKeywordModified=&GSID={852BAB34-C50A-4FA7-BE2D-B01CF89CE26F}" target="_new">more</A>

<font color=purple><b>An average human brain weights aprox. 3lbs., but a thought weights a load.</font color=purple></b><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by jc14all on 08/05/02 10:54 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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tdean   08-06-2002 at 05:54:06 AM
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yes it does help... thanks. i dont have any experience with tape drives.

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