I've been looking at some LTO-4 tape drive units but were a bit unsure how to best connect them. With 800/1.6TB tapes less than $10/tape it'd be a great way to backup certain files.
The externals use a SAS connector (which I'd need a card to do), while the internal drives use ?
Was specifically looking at the Dell LTO drives that run $100 on Ebay. I could drop one of thse monsters in my new dual 2670 desktop without a problem and backup over my gigabit network.
I am using this:
Supermicro | Products | Motherboards | Xeon® Boards | X9DR7-LN4F
Which gives me several SAS2 connections.
If there's a better tape drive or standard (LTO 5 OR 6) to use I'm all for looking into it. This option at least allows me to take my data elsewhere.
The next option is an external USB RAID array which is MEH.
The externals use a SAS connector (which I'd need a card to do), while the internal drives use ?
Was specifically looking at the Dell LTO drives that run $100 on Ebay. I could drop one of thse monsters in my new dual 2670 desktop without a problem and backup over my gigabit network.
I am using this:
Supermicro | Products | Motherboards | Xeon® Boards | X9DR7-LN4F
Which gives me several SAS2 connections.
If there's a better tape drive or standard (LTO 5 OR 6) to use I'm all for looking into it. This option at least allows me to take my data elsewhere.
The next option is an external USB RAID array which is MEH.
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