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- From: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
- Subject: Re: Needed: A backup tape drive
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.183112.11251@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>
- Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
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- References: <ByxEzM.4Fp@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 18:31:12 GMT
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- Quoth shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu:
- ]>
- ]> Hello.
- ]> I need some way to back up 105M of HD space every two weeks or so..
- ]> What's the cheapest (yet most effective) way to do this? Tape drive?
- ]> Flopticals..? Buying a second HD? (This is only to back up 105M or so)
- ]> Thanks.
- ]> Sam Hulick | "You can't discover new oceans unless you have the
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- I'd say a tape drive, unless you want to use it for other things as well,
- in which case a Syquest is probably a better bet. The nice thing about
- the tape is you can do it all in one operation (no swapping required) and
- thus can automate it with a good Cron program and an Arexx-speaking
- backup like AmiBack, MRBackup, or QuarterBack.
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