backup with rsync

[Rich Braun]

Dan Barrett <nullpointer at pobox.com> wrote:
> I was going to stay away from tape drives -- it seems to me that there are =
> no=20
> more consumer-grade (i.e. decent quality, but affordable) tape drives out=20
> there because hard disk space is so cheap now.

You don't find "consumer-grade" tape drives because they don't fly off store
shelves at the same rate as wi-fi access points, trendy LCD panels or
WindowsXP software kits.  The Walmart-ization of PC retail has assured us that
no manufacturer will ever make money on anything that sells fewer than about 1
million units monthly.

However, if you bypass PC retail, there are various niches where you can find
what you want.  Search the BLU discuss archives (
http://www.blu.org/pipermail/ ) for keyword AIT to find my previous posting
about an enterprise-class backup solution purchased for less than you'd pay
for an inferior "consumer-grade" backup drive at the likes of Microcenter.

Then search eBay for keyword AIT.  There's a lot of terrific enterprise gear
flooding the market because corporate America is slowly going bust.

-rich
P.S. to the BLU list maintainers:  notice the =20 and =2D symbols in Dan's
submission?  Maybe submissions could be filtered through
quoted_printable_decode() to get rid of those.  It's kinda related to my
comments yesterday about rich-text submissions.