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Backup to External Hard Drive
In theory, I could use two hard drives that have the exact same file system devices (i.e. virtual tape drives and virtual tapes) and then alternate the on-site and off-site drives each night. Or... create a second job that does a full backup each Thursday night on a second hard drive and store...- Atreyu8
- Post #7
- Forum: Data Recovery
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Backup to External Hard Drive
Not so... The hard drives are firewire, so one can daisy chain up to 63 devices to a single computer. Since each hard drive is 120 GB, backing up a TB would require only 9 drives. Additionally, the firewire enclosures use standard off the shelf hard drives, so when 300 GB hard drives are...- Atreyu8
- Post #5
- Forum: Data Recovery
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Backup to External Hard Drive
Thanks Cyklops! I wonder if other companies are changing to this type of backup system? It seems so much more reliable, affordable, and faster.- Atreyu8
- Post #3
- Forum: Data Recovery
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Backup to External Hard Drive
Hello, I don't like tape. It is costly and requires more attention than my small company can give it... so, my intentions are to use an external hard drive to make a completely automated 7-day (GFS enabled) rotational backup. Has anyone accomplished this here? My current problem, while...- Atreyu8
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- Forum: Data Recovery
