What kind of drives did you use for the backup? Cost?

John


--- Vitaliy <spam@maksimov.org> wrote:

> Last year there was a thread about HD-based versus
> tape-based backup, and 
> Gerhard described his system that relies on Acronis
> TrueImage with external 
> hard drives.
> 
> I am happy to report that for a while now, we've
> been using a setup 
> consisting of:
> 
> - A Linux server running Acronis TrueImage
> - Dell PoverVault RD1000
> - Three 300Gb cartriges
> 
> The main advantages of this system include:
> 
> - Far greater capacity than tapes
> - Super-easy backup and restore
> - The ability to go back in small increments (hours
> versus days)
> 
> I am also running TrueImage on my home system (WinXP
> with external drives), 
> and on my work machine (with a removable drive --
> bought a drive caddy for 
> $16). After a recent crash, I like the idea of being
> able to do a bare-metal 
> restore in minutes, from fresh (hours old, worst
> case) backups. TrueImage is 
> really a "set it and forget it" kind of software,
> and the license only cost 
> $40.
> 
> Just thought I'd share, and say 'thank you' to
> Gerhard!. :-)
> 
> Vitaliy 
> 
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