RE: newer backup methods was: Accidentally Lost Data

I think you nailed it there Steven. Last job we had multiple wintel servers
and in the early days of those with both Netware and Windows we had issues
with tapes. I've never seen the # of tape issues with the more expensive
iSeries drives. Not saying the wintel server drives have not improved, they
have. But it mirrors what you state.

Chuck

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There seems to be less trust of tape in the Intel/PC world than in the 
larger systems world. Perhaps that distrust is a carry over from the lower 
end tape drives that have traditionally been used with PCs. The idea of 
using disk drives as backup seems to fall apart when you get into 
archiving data and using multi-generational backups, such as the familiar 
daily/weekly tape sets the larger systems use.  It's also difficult to get 
management to spend as much or more than a new server for a tape backup 
system. 

Steve