| 10:05am Mar 15, 2001 PST (#1 of 11)
We are about to purchase a DAT machine. Is it worth while to buy?
Ed Miller
10:05am Mar 15, 2001 PST (#2 of 11)
Yes. It is safe and works well for peace of mind. It provides us with a nightly back-up of our server. We also archive each job on completion to CD and that is what we usually access if we need to pull old files. Tape is too slow for daily access.
Sonny Goodall
10:05am Mar 15, 2001 PST (#3 of 11)
Yes, dependig on how much you need to back up
Matthew P. Hegge Technology Officer/Graphics Specialist Studio One, Inc.
10:05am Mar 15, 2001 PST (#4 of 11)
We also looked into DAT, but decided on ADR because of storage capacity and lower cost to own, plus ADR drives have less moving parts than DATs.
I would strongly recommend the OnStream Echo or similar ADR drive - we've had tremendously good luck with it. http://www.onstream.com
We use it with Retrospect Backup for Workgroups (Win and Mac). http://www.dantz.com
Regards,
Scot Robnett K.W. Powell & Associates
10:06am Mar 15, 2001 PST (#5 of 11)
Depending on your capacity needs on a single tape, the DDS will do great. Consider a DDS II or III. There are a few more affordable an more expensive varieties out there too so search around a bit if you are not sold or your capacity needs do not coincide with the DDS flavor. I can't recall the other varieties right now but somebody out there will know them....
Regards,
Chandler Briggs SMITH BOWEN OPERATIONS MANAGER
10:06am Mar 15, 2001 PST (#6 of 11)
I would not recommend either a DDS-1 or DDS-2 DAT drive. The DDS-3 and 4s seem to be much better, though they are quite a bit more expensive. We have been starting to place the newer ADR drives from Onstream and have been quite impressed with the speed and performance of these, as well as the price.
Thanks,
Rick Hermanson Brightstone Macintosh Consulting Apple Solution Experts [ASE] ASE Advisory Council Member
10:07am Mar 15, 2001 PST (#7 of 11)
How do you backup your database now?
What is the DAT device going to backup (capacity)?
Phil Maso
10:07am Mar 15, 2001 PST (#8 of 11)
We have 2 onstream drives daisy chained and are very happy. Takes 5 hours to backup 26 gb
Susan B. Levey Business Manager Caudill and Associates, Inc.
10:08am Mar 15, 2001 PST (#9 of 11)
DAT is a good entry level way to go.
Also take a look at Onstream. I have two of those running and 3 Dat drives. I find the tapes are more reliable on the Onstream, an important consideration since you often don't find out if a tape is actually readable until there is a lost file or disaster.
Want room to grow? Consider Exabyte Mammoth or M2. You can easily add an autochanger later on to those.
Jim Kennedy MIS Bill Brokaw Advertising Inc.
08:47am Mar 22, 2001 PST (#10 of 11)
On the Mac side of our network we run a rack mount 250GB Fibre Channel Raid 5 drive setup. We also purchased a rack mount DLT-4000 Diff Autoloader for our backup requirements. The DLT4000RM incorporates a streaming tape cartridge data storage device, which features high capacity, high throughput, and data compression. The unit is equipped with a Quantum DLT Drive mechanism and is SCSI-2 compatible. The unit contains up to seven data cartridges providing a maximum formatted capacity of 490 Gigabytes and a sustained data transfer rate as high as 600MB per minute.
Hope this helps
Michael P. Robarge Church & Main, Inc.
08:47am Mar 22, 2001 PST (#11 of 11)
Onstream filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Friday, March 16, 2001, so you may want to reconsider using their products. This was announced today at http://www.macintouch.com
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