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From: Ken.Knight@p4217.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Ken Knight)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Large backups
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Date: 5 May 91 18:00:53 GMT
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I'm about to be pruchasing a 600 meg hard drive. I will, of course, need to back
it up now and then. I can think of a few possible methods.
   1. Using tape backup - the Teac unit seems to be what is sold. I know the
      Apple unit is disgustingly slow. How fast and effective is the Teac? What
      other tape drives are out there?

   2. SyQest cartridge backups. I am not going this route for two main reasons
      on a per meg basis the carts cost a lot , and the reliability can be
      questionable.

   3. DAT backup systems. I'm not backing THAT much up and I don't need that
      much speed.

So, how do tape drive backup systems shake out for the Mac?

  ** Ken **

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