[Nottingham] Re: About tape backups...

[James Gibbon]

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 09:55:45 +0100
Dalkus <danny at rootshell.be> wrote:

> > Hmm not sure really; depends how much you need to back up!
> 
> Tiny ammounts each day. (im talking 10mb at the MOST) but i
> need something reliable and at least semi-long lasting since
> i intend to be backing up client data. CD-R's had crossed my
> mind but they arnt too reliable for important backups i heard...
> 

Well I've never had a problem restoring from DAT tape, which would very
comfortably accomodate your backup needs here. Then again, to be honest
I've never had a problem restoring from CD-R or CD-RW either - as a
storage medium CDs are cheap, quick, easy, well-supported and any decent
brand should be acceptably reliable.

James