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not the father
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: southern cali
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Re: I Need Help (Backup)
LTO-2 tapes are way too big for you- they are 200gb native (400gb compressed). I have an imaging system to backup (all my receipts, forms, expense checks, etc are all imaged and stored as PDF's) so I need a ton of backup space.
Doesn't sound like you are quite to that point yet.
I assume you are open M-F, so you do backups 5 times a week.
You can get away with 5 tapes on a rotation and they will usually last at least 2-3 years (if not more). Make sure you store the tapes at room temperature, and clean the tape drive once a week with a cleaning tape (I do it every friday, for example).
I show this on Dell.com:
PowerVault 100T
$642.94
This is a 32gb native tape backup device which would be plenty of room for your data (and growth in the near term).
A 5-pack of tapes is only $45, so you can get the tape drive and tapes for under $700 for the complete solution. Bear in mind that you'll need a SCSI controller card to plug this into, and your "fake" server probably doesn't have one (not a HUGE cost, but an additional cost nevertheless).
Knowing what little I know about your business, this is what I would recommend if I was a consultant on your IT expenditures. Your budget may be much lower than this if you are a very small company (again I have no idea), or this may fit into what you were expecting.
For the record, I don't recommend the FTP server/network drive at home. Depending on your ISP, you may very well hit the monthly bandwidth cap. More importantly, your information is not easily accessible for restoration without driving home (ever try to UPLOAD from a DSL or cable connection?) To restore 100megs, for example, could take hours at the normal DSL/cable upload speed of around 40k/second.
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