Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: > hi Bryan, > the target data is only 40 GB, not 400 GB. There might be > an upgrade down the road - but aparently, the system has > access to only a single 40 gig drive. > I seriously doubt that given the circumstances, there is > even an option to spend the $2K+ on a backup drive. I understand that. People are bouncing all over the place and I'm trying to address them all. Again, I'm going to put of a set of "scenarios" on my blog. In his case, I'd use a couple 80GB 2.5" drives with high G tolerances. Or if he wants a tape, maybe a VXA-1. My point is that once you start talking 100GB of backup -- beyond sub-$1K AIT-2 or VXA-2 -- where people start looking at DLT, don't get anything "mid-capacity." Go for the latest LTO revision, currently LTO-3, because the cost per GB goes down _substantially_! That's my point. -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers)