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    1. 12-15-2005 02:17 PM #1
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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

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    2. 12-15-2005 02:21 PM #2
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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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    3. 03-18-2006 03:00 AM #3
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      bump - somewhat forlornly
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    4. 05-26-2006 01:00 AM #4
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      err... buy another drive?
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    5. 05-26-2006 03:29 AM #5
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      Two thousand gigabytes? That's an intense amount of data.
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    6. 05-26-2006 03:43 AM #6
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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
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      but there's various other bits and bobs on there as well
      a backup of the server at work (all 2 Gb of it )
      etc.
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      you should start by deleting things like waterworld.
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    9. 05-26-2006 04:08 PM #9
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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.
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