RE: Network Backups

What about LTO?  Cybernetics has an iSAN product that would be a single
backup solution for the AS/400 and the Windows network.

Native tape drive capacity of 400 GB and 80 MB/s.

Not sure how it would separate the 400 backup from the server backup...

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On Behalf Of Bill
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 3:08 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Network Backups



Bob Cagle wrote:

>I need to purchase a new backup solution for my network.  I currently
>have a 20/40 GB 4 mm tape backup drive on my Dell server running Server
>2003 SP1 and Exchange 2003.  I use Backup Exec 10 for the backup
>software.  My backups just started going to a 2nd tape about 2 weeks
>ago; I am now backing up about 32 GB every day and growing by about 1
GB
>per month.  Obviously the compression isn't as good as it could be as
>I'm only getting about 28.5GB on the first tape.  
>
>  
>
Bob,

I'd highly recommend an AIT-3 or AIT-4.  AIT-3 will go to 100/260GB, 
AIT-4 will go to 200/520GB.  Downside is the cost of the cartridges when

compared to the DDS4. 

DAT72 would be a shorter term solution with a capacity of 36/72 GB.

Bill