[Cialug] AIT 8-1 tape changer

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I was considering backing up onto a USB drive, then swamping the USB
drive on a weekly or monthly basis. 


On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 15:07, David Champion wrote:
> Tim Perdue wrote:
> > David Champion wrote:
> > 
> >> Anyone familiar with this Sony tape changer?
> >>
> >> http://www.computergiants.com/items/one_item.asp?part=118620&ref=_site
> >>
> >> I'm considering getting this to replace an aging HP 6 tape DAT unit. I 
> >> have a single tape AIT3 drive that I really like, so I'd like to stick 
> >> with AIT.
> > 
> > 
> > I wonder how much the blank tapes are vs. just buying a hard disk....
> 
> Looks like Newegg has the best deal on AIT3's - about $45 per tape.
> 
> Disk backup vs Tape backup is kind of an apples & oranges issue. With 
> tapes, you can more easily keep a historical archive. We also take tapes 
> to an off-site location. As DW pointed out once, I can drop a tape from 
> 6 feet with no problems, but that would likely destroy a HD.
> 
> I've been using AIT tapes for about 7 years, and have had really good 
> luck with them.
> 
> -dc
> 
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