[ale] 20/40 GB Tape backup

[Robert L. Harris]

What device are you backing up to and what command are you using to kick
it off?


Thus spake Christopher Fowler (cfowler at outpostsentinel.com):

> 
> 
> I installed a SCSI-3 Compaq external 20/40GB tape drive.
> I'm trying to figure out shy it seems to take a long time
> to do a backup.  I have no prior experience with this type
> of drive so I was hoping ppl here would know best.  I'm backing up
> around 5GB now.  It takes a little more than 2 hours to do that
> backup.  So 20GB of data would take much longer.  Is this a realistic
> amount of time for a backup of this size?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
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