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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Tape Backup?
Message-ID: <1990Jul22.214331.3800@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>
Date: 22 Jul 90 21:43:31 GMT
Organization: Home System (One of the Eternal Champions)
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In article <4334@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes:
> I am thinking of getting a tape backup to backup my hard disk on my PC, and
> would like to know what kind of experiences that people have had with their
> systems.  Specifically,
>
>      o Which brand of tape backup do you have?

wangtek 5150pk

>      o How long does it take to do a full backup?

from 1 to 2 hours

>      o What is the cost?

$350 (used)

>      o How much can you store on a single tape?

150 megabytes

>      o Is any compression used, and if so, how much compression is done?

No, but i can use the program "compress" to compress the backup before applying
it to the tape and get about 30% or more data on the tape.

>      o Have you verified the integrity of the backup?

yes.  no problems

>      o Which software do you use to do the backup?

cd /;find . -print|cpio -ocaB > /dev/rmt/c0s0

>      o Any problems with it?

no.

>      o Would you recommend the tape backup that you have?

yes.
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Derek Terveer		det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG