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Backup devices - DLT or LTO? Advantages and disadvantages of each?

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From: Kralizec Craig
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 06:23

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Hi everyone,

It's time for me to look at a new backup strategy and I'm considering a DLT
array managed with Amanda (from "http://www.amanda.org"), but some people
have suggested I shouldn't even bother with DLT and go straight to LTO
instead.

LTO arrays are a significant order or magnitude more expensive on average
than DLT arrays with 1 or more DLT-7000 drives in them, which is the main
reason I've been initially angling towards a good quality DLT array.

Anyway, what are the advantages and disadvantages of each type of backup
media? My backup requirements are not ultra-massive super-secret
government-type backup 'farms' in size, just a small array with enough
capability to reliabably provide data backup (and recovery) services for my
small network of around 10 or so active systems.

Regards,

Craig.

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