MCLTECH
Thu Jul 10 09:52:50 CDT 2003
I agree with Brandon - use supplied NTBACKUP.
Additionally - most tape drives automatically confirm the data written
during the original write cycle now, so the additional Verify may not be
beneficial. Also - the second verify is adding something like twice the
usage to the drive/tape. I have had DAT drives burn out before their time
due to this.
Cal
"Brandon S." <bsmith@presentationsdirect.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I use the tape backup utility included with SBS. It's easy to work with
and
> reliable (once you get over the unattended backups hump). I've tried
other
> software, but I've not found the added features worth the money for a
small
> setup.
>
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> Brandon
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>
> "Kenneth Porter" <shiva.blacklist@sewingwitch.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns93B41C305BDB9shivawellcom@207.46.248.16...
> > What do people here recommend for tape backup software?
> >
> > I'm figuring on a DLT VS80 system, either a standalone drive or a small
> > library (eg. Dell Powervault). Probably a daily incremental and a weekly
> > full backup, for a small machine shop. Things to back up would include
> > email, drawings, and job orders. Maybe 2-4 tape sets, one per week, with
> > all but one kept off-site.
> >
> > I'd like to see a verify-after-write function. There's nothing worse
than
> > losing your hard disk and finding that your backups are trash. I want to
> be
> > dead certain that the tapes have good data on them.
>
>