Re: [TCLUG:11578] tape backup strategies

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

travan tapes are not very reliable, in that you want to roate more
frequently than say a 4mm, 8mm, or DLT.  I would say no more than 10-20
writes per tape.. (that's being generous)  also check out amanda tape
backup, it's just as cool as BRU, but its free, and uses tar/dump to do
backups.. manual recovery is possible without amanda installed

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Timothy Wilson wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> Since someone brought up the topic of tape backups I thought I'd throw
> this question out.
> 
> My server at school has a single 4.5 GB SCSI drive and a Seagate TapeStor
> drive that uses 4 GB/8 GB (compressed) TR-4 tapes. I've got a copy of BRU
> which seems to work just fine. What would some of you experience sys
> admins recommend as a reasonable backup schedule. Presumably, I would be
> making periodic full backups and daily incrementals.
> 
> How many tapes will I need, and how should I rotate them?
> 
> -Tim
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