Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Re: Archiving solution required

Instead of using a tape drive? I had to ask these questions because I want
to make sure you pick the right solution for the task. I have never seen a
system that utilizes DVDs as their main backup system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape-Open
One LTO3 tape can hold up to 400GB of data.
One LTO4 tape can hold up to 800GB of data

If you do DVDs, you might be looking at 91 DVDs in one backup vs. 1 LTO3
tape. Plus on top of that, you can get a solution that can automatically
rotate disks for you (autoloader).

- Quantum SuperLoader 3
- Overland Storage NEO 200s
- HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader

As for the software, you can find a lot of software that can do a tape
recovery.
- Symantec Backup Exec (we use this one)
- Arcserve
- Novabackup
- many more...

Is this what you are thinking about? I hope this information helps you. If
you need a contact in Taiwan to ask for advice locally, I know of a personal
friend who is an administrator in Taipei.

Brian Lee
Manlius Pebble Hill School

> From: SINCLAIR David Andrew <sinclaird@tas.edu.tw>
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> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:33:02 +0800
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> Subject: Re: Archiving solution required
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> We are looking to archive data via a complete hardware/software solution.
>
> David Sinclair
> Taipei American School
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> How do you define DVD archiving solution? What are you trying to backup?
> Data? Movies? Are you looking for software? Hardware?
>
> Brian Lee
> Manlius Pebble Hill School
>
>
>
>> From: David Sinclair <sinclaird@TAS.EDU.TW>
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>> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:18:52 -0500
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>> Subject: Archiving solution required
>>
>> We are searching for a complete DVD archiving solution here in rainy Taiwan.
>> Does anyone have any recommendations?
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