Tape Backup

[Hayden Kirk]

Hi All,

I have just been to a Microsoft seminar on Small Business Server 2008. I
hear they are removing support for tape because of the failure rate. That is
very, very annoying. Is this just with Microsofts new backup system?

It got me thinking about tape backups though. How often do they fail. I run
tape on most of my sites and never really had a problem. I run DDS4 on one,
ilo3 on another etc.

Experiences welcome.

Thanks

 

[Hayden Kirk]

Sorry, posted to the wrong group

 

[Guy de Montmorency-Laval]

Hi All,

I have just been to a Microsoft seminar on Small Business Server 2008.
I hear they are removing support for tape because of the failure rate.
That is very, very annoying. Is this just with Microsofts new backup
system?

It got me thinking about tape backups though. How often do they fail.
I run tape on most of my sites and never really had a problem. I run
DDS4 on one, ilo3 on another etc.

Experiences welcome.

Thanks

Microsoft is right. Tape backup is shit. The drives usually come with their
own backup software anyway so you don't need Microsost support.