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How big (in GB) are your LTO5 tape drives?

Backing up to disk (for speed) and then to tapes (for reliable storage of back up data) as you do it, it is the way to go. Someone above laughed when I said that tapes are more reliable and in fact they are. But, a tape that is used constantly must eventually be replaced by new ones. They do...

ghost6303: Thanks for sharing, that looks like a very robust backup procedure. Many of the companies we deal with use something similar. Data is way to valuable and any extra precaution you can take is always a big plus. What brand (type or model) of disk arrays and tape libraries were...

I agree with you, even a bunch of disk in any Raid arraigment could fail. That is why I vote for tape, they are a lot more reliable. Just got to be carful not to over use the actual tape. But, if you use different sets of tapes you should be fine.

Tapes are more reliable and do not go bad, even if you do not use them for a while. You can store them for years and if you need to use thier info, just load them in a tape drive and you will be able to read the info. That is not the same story with disk drives. If you stop using them for a...