[Pc_Support] Tape drive for small file server ....

[William A. Mahaffey III]

.... I am in the market for a tape drive for my smallish file server on 
my LAN. The box is an i865 (yuk !!!) P4, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM, SuSE 9.2, 
box-stock (no recompiled kernels, no YAST updates, straight off the 
ROM). It has a 20 GB root drive, a 200 GB /home drive, & a 400 GB drive 
mounted as /work, all EIDE. I would like to backup parts of the /home & 
/work for offline storage. I have poked around on NewEgg & observe 2 
apparently contemporary options, Sony AIT-1/2 & something called 
Ultrium1/2 or LTO-1/2/3 or LTX100/200G, all apparently used 
interchangably except for version #'s. I would like something with a net 
capacity in the 200 GB range (i.e. 80 GB native, 208 GB compressed is 
OK). NewEgg has media for most of these & their prices are acceptable. 
Would anyone have any 1st hand reasons to eliminate either 1 of these ? TIA

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	William A. Mahaffey III

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