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Tape Backup Solutions
Anyone got any suggestions on the cheapest way to backup approx 2000 Gb of data?
I think tape backup is my only option, here
I really don't mind if I end up with 10 tapes or 1000 tapes
I just need the data backed up
what sort of prices am I looking at?
Any pit-falls I should avoid?
Thanks in advance
Tony
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Tape? You mean talking into a tape recorder: 1001101000101010101010010101.... untill you have 2000 gig of bytes? =D
I don't know.I would advise you to drink milk.
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bump - somewhat forlornly
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err... buy another drive?
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Two thousand gigabytes? That's an intense amount of data.
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Yeah.... what do you have on there?
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It's a media server
the bulk of it being dvd's ripped to disk, compressed to XviD
Complete List
but there's various other bits and bobs on there as well
a backup of the server at work (all 2 Gb of it :lol: )
etc.
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you should start by deleting things like waterworld.
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There are a number of tape options. Mini-DV will get you about 13 gig per tape. Other digital tapes should get you in the neighborhood of 50Gb per tape. Unfortunately, those are a little expensive.
DVD's 2000 gig/4gig DVD=500 @ $0.25 each = $125
By the time you consider investing in a tape drive, DVD would probably be the cheapest way to go.