Looking for recommendations for external USB2.0 tape backup
Gayn Winters
gayn.winters at bristolsystems.com
Fri Oct 14 14:05:13 PDT 2005
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> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of daniel
> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 12:20 PM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Looking for recommendations for external USB2.0 tape backup
>
>
> My boss has asked me to try to find a tape-backup solution
> for our largely
> FreeBSD network of machines and I'm not having a lot of luck,
> so I was hoping
> for some enlightend pointers from the list.
>
> We need the following features:
> 20GB+ capacity
> USB 2.0
> External
> < $600CDN
>
> Unfortunately, I've only been able to find two drives that fit our
> requirements, one from Ceterance:
> http://www.certance.com/products/travan/travan40/STT6401U2-SST
> the other from HP who claims that theirs only works with
> HP-UX. Does anyone
> know if (a) either of those units play nice with FreeBSD? or
> (b) if there
> are other tape backup solutions available?
>
> Thanks for any insight.
Have you considered an external USB2.0 hard drive? I love my Maxtor One
Touch. On nextag.com I see a 300GB for $218 USD at Newegg. It may be
worth rethinking your backup and archiving strategies. (I use removable
hard drives for archiving, but that's another story...)
-gayn
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