Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!chinacat!holston!barton From: barton@holston.UUCP (Barton A. Fisk) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Forcing good backup procedures Message-ID: <5785@holston.UUCP> Date: 15 Nov 90 16:19:25 GMT References: <867@zeusa.UUCP> <1694@chinacat.Unicom.COM> <318@metran.UUCP> Organization: Barton A. Fisk Inc. Lines: 14 In article <318@metran.UUCP> jay@metran.UUCP (Jay Ts) writes: >In article <1694@chinacat.Unicom.COM>, chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Chip Rosenthal) writes: >> In article <867@zeusa.UUCP> hendrik@zeusa.UUCP (Hendrik Vermooten) writes: [backup stuff deleted] > >In my experience for Xenix and UNIX/386, the DC600 tape drives are much >faster than the QIC drives, and this is a very important factor. > Excuse me. DC600's are tapes made by 3-M not the drives. QIC-24 drives use the DC-600 tapes. Let's get these straight before we make backup recommendations. -- uucp: holston!barton pseudo: barton@holston.UUCP