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- From: samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore)
- Subject: Re: [SCSI Tape Backup???]
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.171718.1392@netcom.com>
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:17:18 GMT
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- zorrilla@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Eric Zorrilla) writes:
-
- >I'm looking for feedback on what SCSI tape backups people have successfully
- >used with OS/2 2.X and what software they have used as their backup
- >mechanism. I understand that Sytos appears to be the commercial choice and
- >gtak appears to be the shareware (freeware?) avenue. However, I would
- >like more information about either product (unattended backups? compression?
- >range of hardware devices supported, etc?)
-
- >On the hardware side, I would be interested in a backup of at least 250
- >megs as I currently have 810 megs of hard disk space and may be expanding
- >shortly.
- >
-
- I have been using os/2 with an Exabyte 4200 DAT drive, using GNU tar. I have
- tried several other backup softwares. I am somewhat underwhelmed. Sytos is
- not very user friendly. Novastor has a critical *BUG*.
- Tar is very literal, but works, and since it is command line oriented, can
- be tied to a time activation or whatever.
-
- [sam]
-
- (disclaimer: yes, I work for Exabyte)
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