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From: karinc@isc.intel.com (Karin Coffee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Backup to tape and priveleges
Message-ID: <1055@intelisc.isc.intel.com>
Date: 12 Dec 90 05:02:32 GMT
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Organization: Intel Supercomputer Systems Division, Beaverton, OR
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In article <2402@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> leburg@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Brian Pierson) writes:
>Hello everyone,
>
>	What types of tape drives are people using to do their backups? 
>We have an IBM 6157 streaming tape drive for an Model 80. The 80 is the file 
>server. The tape works under DOS but I can not find the Novell Drivers for 
>using it with the system software. Does anyone know if there is one for it?
>

I'm using a Mountain Tape streaming tape drive.  My file server is an Intel
401 (486-based PC).  I'm looking for a better tape system as my current
drive takes up to 8 60mb tapes to do a complete backup of only one volume.
I'm looking at exabyte drives so I can go to the 8mm videocassettes that
we use on our Sun network.

Anyway, I asked my tech support CNE about backup systems.  He told me that
there are no backup systems that run directly off the file server (other
than doing a nbackup).  Whatever backup I choose will have to run off one
of the workstations on the network.

He recommended a particular software, but I don't have that information
handy right now.  I'll post it when I get back to work next week.

I hope this helps.


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