[Samba] Backup Tape

Tom Peters tpeters at mixcom.com
Thu Nov 17 23:50:57 GMT 2005


At 01:38 PM 11/16/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>Denis Vlasenko schrieb:
>>On Wednesday 16 November 2005 12:34, Bruno Guerreiro wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, not sure if this fits you, but have you tried Arkeia?
>>>http://www.arkeia.com/products/asb/
>>>They have a free version for users with less than 50GB to backup.
>>>
>>>Best Regards,
>>>Bruno Guerreiro
>>>
>>>P.S. There will always be tar... ;-)
>>
>>Yes.
>>At today's prices of hard disk space, I do not understand
>>why one may need a specialized backup software.
>>Just tar it, then nice -n 20 bzip2 it.
>
>7zip / p7zip / 7za compresses even better and faster than bzip2.
>
>a couple of tapes cost nearly as much as a hard disk...

Um, you can take it off-site and lock it in a safe deposit box?


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