|
![](/i/fill.gif) |
>>> Never used DAT drives for backup, have you? ;-)
>> No, only for the last 6 years.
>
> I feel for you. I had tapes that actually verified nightly that were
> completely useless to restore from. This is back in the DDS-1/DDS-2
> days, so maybe it's improved - but here's the thing: DAT stands for
> "Digital Audio Tape".
We used to use DDS-3, DDS-4 and DAT-72. (Don't you love how all tapes
have storage capacities "assuming 2:1 compression"? I have never seen
any backup job achieve anything approaching 2:1 compression.) Never had
any significant problem. After about 4 years the tape would wear out,
but that's hardly a big deal assuming you notice this and replace the tape.
Never had any issues of any kind with restoring data from tape.
I *have*, however, had endless issues with BackupExec not actually
****ing working properly! >_<
>>> Horrible quality of storage media, and terrible shelf life IME.
>> Really?
>
> Yes, really. With the DDS-2 tapes I was using at the time, the
> manufacturer recommended no more than something like 10 or 20 uses.
> I'm glad I didn't pay for the drives - otherwise I'd have been more upset
> that they burned out so quickly (about a year, IIRC - but I was running
> backups on a more or less continuous basis as part of my testing).
I think we had 1 tape drive wear out. (We had about 6 of them.) And it
was the oldest, crappiest one of the lot.
Seriously, I did tape backups every single weekday for 6 years and had
almost no issues related to the tapes or tape drives. That's not what
I'd consider "unreliable".
> I had much better luck with DLT drives.
I have no idea what DLT is.
Post a reply to this message
|
![](/i/fill.gif) |