Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!laidbak!att!pacbell!ames!ncar!gatech!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!ralf From: ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Sysgen 60M tape backup info Message-ID: <1826@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Date: 2 Jun 88 11:33:40 GMT Article-I.D.: pt.1826 Sender: netnews@pt.cs.cmu.edu Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 29 The June _COMPUTER_SHOPPER_ has a Sysgen Smarter-Image 60M tape backup unit for $429. If anybody is using one of these units, could you please tell me: 1. does the software allow multiple backups per tape (especially incremental ones)? 2. does the software keep up with the tape's 5M/min throughput? 3. is the software menu- or commandline-driven (or both)? I'd like to have commandline-driven software to allow automated backups. 4. how easy/difficult are single-file restores? 5. does it backup/restore empty directories? and 6. does the software run under DESQview? Any other comments about this tape backup unit would also be appreciated. advTHANKSance! -- {harvard,uunet,ucbvax}!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=- AT&T: (412)268-3053 (school) ARPA: RALF@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU |"Tolerance means excusing the mistakes others make. FIDO: Ralf Brown at 129/31 | Tact means not noticing them." --Arthur Schnitzler BITnet: RALF%B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU@CMUCCVMA -=-=- DISCLAIMER? I claimed something? -- {harvard,uunet,ucbvax}!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=- AT&T: (412)268-3053 (school) ARPA: RALF@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU |"Tolerance means excusing the mistakes others make. FIDO: Ralf Brown at 129/31 | Tact means not noticing them." --Arthur Schnitzler BITnet: RALF%B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU@CMUCCVMA -=-=- DISCLAIMER? I claimed something?