hardware: backup tape reliability

[Craig Reyenga]

Robert,

Are DVDs an option for them? growisofs works great here, using the LG
GSA-4081B 8x DVD writer. I don't see how a DVD (or a CD) would fail under
the conditions you outlined, and 4.38GiB per disc is pretty good. I hope
this helps.


-Craig


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Huff" <roberthuff at rcn.com>
To: <questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:54 PM
Subject: OT: hardware: backup tape reliability


>
> I have a friend who's trying to implement a back-up regime,
> but running into media issues.
> Specifically: they live in an area with extremely high
> temperature+humidity (90-95 F/32-35 C; 90+% hum.) and climate
> conditioning is not an option.  They need to backup critical data
> files (code base is not an issue) and have tried floppies, ZIP
> drives, and CDs ... all of which have proven to have a very short
> life span.
> They're considering trying tape backup; but before spending
> hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a system they'd like some
> assurance this will work.
> (One way to do this would be a hot swap disk ... but that's an
> escalation we'd like to avoid if possible.)
>
> I'd like to hear from people who have Been There and Solved
> That.  I'll also take pointers articles that talk about tested
> solutions.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Robert Huff
>
>
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