Backup solutions Re: Re: Planning Mail Server (with low resources)

[rodrigob at suespammers.org (Rodrigo Barbosa)]

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On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 10:57:23AM -0800, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Karanbir Singh <mail-lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Can we stop Trolling here ?
> > Rodrigo, how many DLT tapes do you think he needs to backup
> > the 40gig HDD he has in there ?
> 
> As I mentioned before, LTO is faster and cheaper these days.
> 
> And if you're going to spend $2+K on a backup drive, you
> might as well go for the gold and spend $3-4K to get a new
> LTO-3 that holds 400GB natively, and backs up at a 80MBps
> rate (double each for typical 2:1 hardware compression).

It is hard enough to find DLT units and tapes around here, Bryan,
that I don't even want to think about getting LTO stuff.

How easy is to get LTO units and tapes in USA and other countries ?
How open is it (meaning: how many companies make it) ?

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Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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