Backup Masters: Three Streamers at 10, 50 and 100 GB

Seagate TapeStor STT6201U

That's the window that appears during backup, restore and comparison operations.

Here you can see the backup window. It lets you change all the important settings on a single page, including backup features (verification and compression), drive selection and file selection. Later on in this article, we will take a look at Backup Exec 8.0 (shipped with the Viper II), which is much more complicated. The reason that the TapeStor USB comes with a simplified version of Backup Exec is that this model is meant to be used for personal backups or to make data portable. The other streamer models are meant for professional use, so they need more extensive features (including network backup functions), allowing them to span a backup over several drives, or to use multiple drives for redundancy reasons.

Find detailed specifications of Seagate's TapeStor STT6201U .

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.