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    Backup on mDisc or Tape Drive

    I would definitely use tape for this application, If you go with LTO 5 (1.5gb) drive and tapes you can upgrade later on to LTO 7(6gb) and the new drive will read your old LTO 5 tapes. There is good deals from time to time on ebay, i prefer going with Sas drives as built in controllers in...
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    Backup on mDisc or Tape Drive

    thanks i will give that a try
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    Backup on mDisc or Tape Drive

    I had so many hard drive failures over the years, i would not recommend using them for backup of important data.
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    Backup on mDisc or Tape Drive

    For tape drives, before buying the drive i would check if you can get the LTO software/firmware upgrades. I have 2, one HP and one IBM and even though both are same generation, the IBM one has it's software behind a paywall and can't easily use it without them under windows. I would stick with...
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    Fusion-io ioDrive 2 1.2TB Reference Page

    I was able to flash the hp firmware 3.2.14 with the uefi variable and it worked on this model HP | 673646-B21 | Multi Level Cell G2 PCIe ioDrive2 for ProLiant Servers HP | 673646-B21 | Multi Level Cell G2 PCIe ioDrive2 for ProLiant Servers | eBay But it made no difference during startup :/ on...
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    Fusion-io ioDrive 2 1.2TB Reference Page

    I would say hold on for a while, i got myself 2x iodrive2 1.3tb for 100$ Canadian each+ shipping on ebay. Both have more than 90% life remaining