On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 07:00:19AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > You say you want a "new backup system," and did not specify it should > be tape. > > I recommend that you consider an external USB drive for backups. It is > the cheapest method you could use in terms of cost/mb, and does not > run the danger of proprietary standards (I've got a bunch of old OS/2 > DAT tapes I'd like to access, but that will not be easy, no longer > having the commercial software, etc.). With tapes, you are probably > stuck using the one machine that has the drive, while an external > drive can be moved to any machine. > mmm - thanks - I'll look into it. Tap is starting to look like a fairly ugly option in terms of cost, but two or three usb drives might indeed be a good option. Anything to avoid regarding linux with these beasts? -- David Purton dcpurton@chariot.net.au If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? Psalm 130:3
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