From: Mike N. 

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 22:47:20 -0500, "Geo"  wrote:

>Setup 2:
>
>4 desktop XP boxes, one has a DDS4 tape drive in it, all are on an internal
>network behind a firewall and all are members of a domain where the domain
>controller is located remote to their location.

   Since workstation restore is presumed to be not as time-critical, how
about XP's backup software to external USB drives using the aforementioned
Linksys NSLU2
  http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=35&scid=43&prid=640

  You could rotate media in and out like tapes and share the media among
stations.  You could install multple media sets for online pseudo-rotating
backup sets.

  Unfortunately, that wouldn't make use of the DDS4 media.   I haven't  yet
found anything that makes proper use of remote tapes over ISCSI.   The
Russian software I installed only partially worked and a test didn't
restore successfully.

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