5.3 backup solution needed (non-SCSI)

[J.D. Bronson]

At 08:32 AM 1/6/2005, Peter Risdon wrote:
>On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 07:33 -0600, J.D. Bronson wrote:
> > I finally found the reason my 5.3 machine was randomly rebooting.
> > It is either the scsi HBA and/or the drive. Although the same exact
> > hardware runs any other OS fine :-/
> >
> > well with that in mind, I am now all IDE and USB capable.
> > No more SCSI....so there went my tape backup solution.
> >
> > 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.

Thanks guys!

  -JEFF