[plug] [OT] Tape back-up

[Bernd Felsche]

On Wednesday 03 March 2004 21:52, Chris Caston wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 21:41, Bernd Felsche wrote:
> ;snip

> > Try Trinix.

> > NOT cheap devices. Over $1200 for an internal Seagate version.
> > And you'll need at least an LVD SCSI host adapter, IIRC. So
> > you're not likely to see much change out of $2000 to "tool up"
> > if there's not suitable SCSI available.
>
> Gosh. This guy pulled my ad out of the community and expects a
> guy (me) that charges $33/ph for have this kind of stuff.

Ahem... that's because he doesn't want to pay the $250/hour HP
charge for out-of-maintenance stuff.

I don't know how you survive on $33/hour.

My *lowest* rate is almost double that; plus GST.

> BTW if anyone on this list will let me refer this customer to
> them for a quote on the cost of recovering their stuff let me
> know.

If they can wait until April, I can give it a go then. Still snowed
under... too much work.

> > Very risky; given HP's propensity to screw with the firmware of
> > standard drives.
> >
> > Good idea might be to first plead with a current owner and
> > bribe them to read the data off the media for you. Several of
> > my customers have DDS-4 drives.. no hang on; they all have.
>
> Thanks Bernd.

> > > > The actual archive format may be an issue. You have to find
> > > > out what they used to make the backup.

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