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to: Mike N.
from: Ellen K.
date: 2004-12-29 00:21:56
subject: Re: Backup software

From: Ellen K. 

You installed Russian software?   Wow, you are brave!

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:58:47 -0500, Mike N. 
wrote in message :

>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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