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From: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie (David Malone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: good backup solution for pci pentium box?
Date: 19 Feb 1997 23:05:25 -0000
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Curt Finch <curt@pnk.com> writes:

>i have a PCI Dell box and am looking for a good backup solution.

>got this data roundabout from a friend, wondering if anyone else
>out there has had success with this?  

>i don't have my machine polluted
>with any microsoft OSs so i'm wondering if it will still work ok?
>i'm on 2.1.5...

I guess buying a DAT ( or maybe Exabyte ) tape drive would probably
be the best solution. Gives you some room for expansion. We use a
single Exabyte drive and Amanda ( a backup organisation system ) to
backup somewhere about 30GB of disk space, and the system works quite
happily.

	David.