NNCARS@TUCC.BITNET (02/11/90)
Twelve years of tape disasters on mainframe, mini and PC systems have driven me to look for other options. (1) Is anyone using a Bernoulli box as a backup device? What I had in mind was attaching one to a workstation, then LARCHIVing to the Bernoulli as you would to a very, very large number of floppies). I do a partial backup (50-60 Mb) daily and have no problem swapping Bernoulli cartridges as needed. (2) Does anyone have experiences (good/bad) with Bernoulli technology or Iomega in general? I assume this is a more reliable medium than tape though quite expensive. Flame (offline) if you wish to nncars@tucc.bitnet or nncars@tucc.tucc.edu. Thanx, /jay bragg, NC State U/
JRD@USU.BITNET (Joe Doupnik) (02/12/90)
Jay,
I have been running a pair of 20MB Bernoulli boxes for several years
on my 386 machine. The experience has been mixed. Specifically, the
cartridges easily develop bad spots/glitches if the power goes off with the
cartridge still in the drive. So, personally I never depend on them for
archival storage. The drives above are the 5 1/4 inch size units.
Joe D.wvanbeek@ZEUS.MGMT.PURDUE.EDU (Bill Van Beek) (02/12/90)
Jay Bragg writes.... > Twelve years of tape disasters on mainframe, mini and PC systems have driven > me to look for other options. (1) Is anyone using a Bernoulli box as > a backup device? What I had in mind was attaching one to a workstation, > then LARCHIVing to the Bernoulli as you would to a very, very large number of > floppies). I do a partial backup (50-60 Mb) daily and have no > problem swapping Bernoulli cartridges as needed. (2) Does anyone > have experiences (good/bad) with Bernoulli technology or Iomega in general? > I assume this is a more reliable medium than tape though quite expensive. > Flame (offline) if you wish to nncars@tucc.bitnet or nncars@tucc.tucc.edu. > Thanx, /jay bragg, NC State U/ I have not used the Bernoulli as Netware backup device but have had extensive experience with it all the way back to the old 10 MB cartridges. I have always found the system to work very well and offer a rational alternative to tapes and floppies when used a backup device. Iomega has always been helpful when problems arose (not very often) ...bill van beek wvanbeek@midas.mgmt.purdue.edu