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  • June 5, 2003 at 9:59 am #2318052

    Your thoughts count, as I backup my data

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    by jdam4921 · about 19 years, 8 months ago

    I have the software I will use to backup my small network. Now i am looking for some ideas on hardware. I need some suggestion on what you guys are using. What you know works; reasonabley priced. I will be using tape’s but i have not idea what equipment is proven to be responsible. Keep in mind this is a small network. 3 systems only

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    • June 5, 2003 at 2:52 pm #3374261

      Your thoughts count, as I backup my data

      by fred07 · about 19 years, 8 months ago

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      Why tapes?? I use cd rom on two and a mirror HD on the other one.

    • June 6, 2003 at 2:34 am #3372946

      Your thoughts count, as I backup my data

      by paulp · about 19 years, 8 months ago

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      Keep this thought in mind. Right now, tape may sound like an ideal solution for you. A couple years down the road if you experience troubles with that tape drive, will you be able to find a replacement that will read those tapes? If not, they willbe worthless. I suggest looking into a CD based solution. I am not familiar with them, but I just wanted to interject my opinion.

    • June 6, 2003 at 3:20 am #3372932

      Your thoughts count, as I backup my data

      by djent · about 19 years, 8 months ago

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      It depends on HD size time window for backup. Travan drives are cheaper but slow and DAT/AIT drives are fast but more expensive. I prefer tape backups for redundancy and offsite storage ability.

    • June 6, 2003 at 3:14 pm #3372798

      Your thoughts count, as I backup my data

      by deadly ernest · about 19 years, 8 months ago

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      The cheapest and easiest option would most probably be to back up to CD via a burner. A few people I know with small networks actually have additional drives in the PCs and have a script running that mirrors the data storage between the PCs each night. They also have a removabel drive with ghost images of each PC to rebuild the ‘c’ drive if needed.

      Many options all depends upon personal wishes and cost.

    • June 27, 2003 at 7:44 am #3530073

      Your thoughts count, as I backup my data

      by jdam4921 · about 19 years, 7 months ago

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