Being unbiased and all, Heh.
why dont you examine the NearStore box?
http://www.netapp.com/news/press/2001/news_rel_200 11210a.html
It's an inexpensive near-line and tape consolidation solution for existing systems, and if you had a network appliance filer you could just use snapshots which takes 3 seconds, without doubling your disk space requirements and then you can take your merry time putting it to tape.
http://www.netapp.com/tech_library/3043.html
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Being unbiased and all, Heh. why dont you examine the NearStore box? http://www.netapp.com/news/press/2001/news_rel_200 11210a.html
It's an inexpensive near-line and tape consolidation solution for existing systems, and if you had a network appliance filer you could just use snapshots which takes 3 seconds, without doubling your disk space requirements and then you can take your merry time putting it to tape.
http://www.netapp.com/tech_library/3043.html