tarr-michael@CS.Yale.EDU (michael tarr) (03/07/90)
I am looking for a reasonably priced backup system (less than $2000) that plugs into the mac scsi port -- and here is the kicker -- also could be used with the scsi controller I have in my PC clone. THe PC clone scsi is from Storage Dimensions (Aka Maxtor) and came as part of their AT150S harddrive package. Ideally I would like a subsystem that could plug into either scsi port and then use fastback II on each machine. mike tarr Yale University tarr@cs.yale.edu
yost@esquire.UUCP (David A. Yost) (03/16/90)
In article <18146@cs.yale.edu> tarr-michael@CS.Yale.EDU (michael tarr) writes: > >I am looking for a reasonably priced backup system (less than $2000) >that plugs into the mac scsi port -- and also on my PC >tarr@cs.yale.edu I'm using a 44mb Bernoulli removable disk for backup. My 105MB disk is partitioned with 2 partitions that are exactly the same size as a bernoulli, and to do a backup of a partition, I erase the bernoulli cartridge, then copy all with the Finder. There is a 3rd 16MB partition that I don't back up. I use it for scratch space. Soon in 7.0, I'll use it for virtual memory. Best part is when I want to retrieve something from the backup I just mount the disk and use Finder. Syquest removables can crash. Bernoullis can't. Gives one a nice secure feeling for a backup medium. Tape is too slow, and you can't just mount it and get stuff off of it quickly like a disk. Furthermore, I think all 3 of the major backup software packages I've seen are just too squirrely. Finder is fine for full backups. Bernoulli software and documentation are excellent, hardware seems fine, except that there is a fan that stays on even when there is no activity, and if you turn the unit off the SCSI bus goes dead because the power to the terminators is lost. So, when I'm not using the Bernoulli, I unplug the SCSI and leave it off. Also, the drive is too loud to use all the time unless you are in a noisy environment. --dave yost yost@dpw.com or uunet!esquire!yost Please ignore the From or Reply-To fields above, if different.