Backup medium

[Harry G]

> Define "small users".  

Just one or two users.  If you saw me, you would be hard pressed to 
call me a "small" user, though  :0)  


Also, some information on what the box is used
> for might help.  How much data do you need to backup, and how often
> do you need to back it up?

My personal business box, and I need to keep a gig or so of data in 
safe keeping.
>
> FWIW, tape drives can cost significantly less than $800 (like i see
> DDS3 drives starting at $269, and AIT1 drives starting at $469).


I like the prices.  I will check that out.


> Sure, you could backup on a 2nd HD, however when that drive dies (and
> some day it will die, i assure you), you lose everything that is
> backed up on it.  Also, if this is mission critical data that you're
> looking to backup, its not the best idea to keep your backups in the
> same physical box as the server.  If something happened to the
> server, you could loose yoru backups (say it got hacked, and someone
> did a "rm -rf /", or there was a power surge, and it fried everything
> in the box).

No, it isn't mission critical, except, of course, my income is at risk. 
 Would I die, no.  Would I kill someone, maybe.  (Just joking!)


I was thinking about a old HP Netserver Dual 350 I have sitting around 
doing nothing for a backup box.  It has a couple of SCSI 9 gigs in it, 
but of course, it doesn't do me anygood in a fire situation, as it is 
kind of hard to carry home.

I will check out your suggestions.  

I really appreciate all the help from you, Net Llama, and all the other 
pro's on this list.  It is one of the few I found that folks know their 
stuff!


Harry G