PE2950III; internal or external tape backup?

[Kevin Davidson]

I have a client that has the internal DAT72 drive. Every now and then  
the drive will refuse to accept tapes and the only cure is to  
powercycle the drive (which means shutting down the server). I'd  
always recommend an external drive.

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On 13 Feb 2008, at 13:36, Ron <mswotr at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I was wondering which would be a better backup scenario – purchasing 
>  a new PowerVault 100T, DAT72 internal  tape Backup for the 2950III, 
>  or using what I already have, a 110T 1U external tape backup.  The  
> dell sales guy told me it would be better to use what I already have 
>  - the 110T, because he said that with some kinds of hardware failur 
> e an external drive would have greater accessibility than having the 
>  internal backup.  Anyone agree or disagree with this?
> Thanks
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