Christopher G. Stach II wrote: > ----- "compdoc" <compdoc at hotrodpc.com> wrote: > > >> Combined with disk based network storage, tapes have a place >> in IT. >> > > Yes, archival storage. > Concur. You can buy 1TB RAID rated SATA drives (with a 7 year warranty) for $150 US from Newegg. The strategy I use is build two machines, one on-site and one off-site, and use an rsync over ssh network back up strategy. Using nothing except off the shelf you can have a complete RAID6 multi-terabyte on and offsite backup system with 'deep' retention going back a year ( 7 x daily, 5 x weekly, 3 x monthly, 2 x quarterly, 2 x semiannual) for only two or three thousand dollars net and no consumables or manual intervention except when a new machine is added to the to be backed up or if a drive fails. -- Benjamin Franz