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[Craig Ringer]

> It seems these days the most practical backup is doubling HDD capacity, and 
> either rsync-ing or RAID-ing - but that doubles the cost (or halves the 
> capacity). ^_^

Tape? Hmm... travan is known for "write only backups" but otherwise I've 
found tapes to be excellent, though the drives are pricy. I've been 
using DDS2 at work for some time, and now have DDS2 at home and DDS4 at 
work. I've never had a problem... though you will kill the drive if you 
don't clean it regularly.

If you need frequent reliable backups tape is the only way to go, since 
the drive cost isnt too bad in the long run compared to the savings on 
high-capacity reliable reusable media.

Craig