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leisi@gmx.ch (Matthias Leisi) writes:
> >[DAT vs. CDROM vs. MO disk as backup medium]
> 
> As I do nightly backups, I would not want to use CDROMs...

why? media switching?

> but some kind of disk technology (or even ZipDrive) is a
> viable alternative. OTOH I also do full backup (makes restoring
> *a lot* easier), so I need a rather large medium for the backup.
> Then I need a multi-generation backup. It's cheaper to buy
> additional DAT tapes than additional MO disks. 

Sure. Even if you include the cost of the drive, if the amount
of data is larger than a few GB, tape backup is much cheaper.


> >Re software: You want the restore program to have an as primitive
> >as possible user interface, Because usually you have a clean
> >[cpio, kbackup, bru & co.]
> 
> That's why I chose taper. It's text mode and even runs in 
> single-user mode.

I didn't know taper. kbackup has a ncurses based interface, too, so
from this point both are very similar. Otoh, judging from the taper
docs, it has compression builtin and you can compile it with a make
taper-static target, which makes a standalone executable. kbackup is a
set of shell scripts, which may be an advatage at times, and relies on
gzip, afio and such, which is a clear disadvantage (i know this from
experience). Hm, i might switch to taper. Thanks for the advice.



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Ernst-Udo Wallenborn
Laboratorium fuer Physikalische Chemie
ETH Zuerich