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From: sechrest@uther.CS.ORST.EDU (John Sechrest)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Re: Backup: Is there a better way?
Keywords: Backup, Dump, Sequent
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Date: 25 Apr 89 16:18:08 GMT
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We have invested in a Exabyte 8mm 2.3Gb tape system. It connects
to our suns and we backup over 25 systems via the network. It seems
to work well. It runs on SCSI, so it would be possible to support it
on the Sequent. I heard rumors that a couple of people were building
drivers for the Sequent, but we have a system up and working, so we 
stopped looking. 

It really makes things go smoother when you can backup a system on 
one tape. You can do nightly full dumps if you like .... All automated.
A real joy.


				john sechrest