john_j Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Hi, I want to use Retrospect to backup a fileserver to tapes. The server is a MacMini (maybe it will be a MiniServer) so I have to use an external tape drive connected via USB or Firewire. Are there any recommendations and experiences? I would like to get an 320GB drive (160/320 native/compressed) and have seen DAT-drives from HP and Quantum and a VXA-drive from Tandberg Data (which seems to be inavailable). But actually they were not tested with Retrospect. There are many external DLT-drives, but all of them use SAS or SCSI, none USB/FW. Are there any relieable converters from SAS/SCSI to USB/FW? Best regards from Germany, Heiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Are there any relieable converters from SAS/SCSI to USB/FW? No. You really should not be doing tape backup without an autoloader. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_j Posted January 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Hi Russ, thanks, but is there an autoloader with USB- or FW-interface? I can't imagine... cheers, Heiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Not many, but there are some with FireWire. Exabyte (now Tandberg) has a FireWire 10 slot autoloader with either their VXA-2 or VXA-3 drive. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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