I haven't lost my mind, It is backed up on a tape cartridge!

It is inevitable, we collect stuff, that includes computer data. Yet, most of us, won't get rid of it without a fight. Sadly, we don't consider backing it up until it is GONE FOREVER. How many CD-r,DVD+R, DVD+RDL and Bluray will it take to back up 600 Gigabytes? How long to restore 600 Gigabytes from cloud storage?

After what happened to Mega Upload. can you depend on cloud storage at all? DVDs can fail. SSDs may fail along with Hard drives.

From personal experience, your best means of saving your bacon is tape backup.

Look at the number of analog tapes that are still usable after 40+ years? Likewise, there are some computer tapes that are just as old and still good. How many CDs from the mid 1980s are playable? How many DVDs from the mid 1990s?  The number of good tapes to bad tapes is quite good.

You can find inexpensive tape backup equipment on EBay. I have seen several LTO-2 backup units for pretty good prices. The tape cartridges are fairly cheap, even for new. Nothing wrong with used but well maintained equipment.

In my case, I got to get a 4GB QIC/SLR drive in order to read a QIC DC6250 backup set. I am considering a DLT or LTO-2 drive for backing up my 600GB, While that may be doable for me, you may have other goals in mind.

Contact Information
http://www.youtube.com/user/bichela4  Michele's Youtube Page
http://www.tinyurl.com/lumifinistra  Lumi's Youtube Page

Email Addresses"
Michele Marie Dalene   bichela3@gmail.com
Lumi Anne Finistra   lumifinistra@gmail.com

Google Voice 860-469-2821

U.S Mail Address
Michele Marie Dalene/Lumi Finistra
112 Main St. Apt 9
Winsted, Ct 06098

Donations are always welcome. I accept computer hardware/software and financial donations.

Financial donations can be sent to Paypal at bichela3@yahoo.com