5.3 backup solution needed (non-SCSI)

Peter Risdon peter at circlesquared.com
Thu Jan 6 06:47:02 PST 2005


On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 08:36 -0600, J.D. Bronson wrote:
> At 08:32 AM 1/6/2005, Peter Risdon wrote:
> >On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 07:33 -0600, J.D. Bronson wrote:

[...]
> > > I need to backup only about 4-5GB at once. My DDS SCSI drive handled that
> > > fine...
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of an IDE based solution -or- a USB backup solution?
> 
> 
> 
> >A usb external hard drive?
> >
> >Peter.
> 
> 
> Thats a great idea....I hadnt thought of that and recovery is MUCH faster.
> Anyone have any recommendations on a manufacturer and source?
> 
> I would need 2 of these...since I have 2 servers.

I have a client rotating two Maxtor 250GB usb hard drives. It's all OK
after 6 months.

Peter.



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