# Tape backup solutions...

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**Created:** [August 6, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tape-backup-solutions/52814 "2008-08-06T12:22:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tape-backup-solutions/52814/11 "2008-08-06T17:52:04Z")

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> [@Daddie](#):
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> You better be using a SAN.
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> We have offsite AND tape backups… we use a Dell Autoloader with some ancient ass Veritas Backup exec software - kinda dumb software, but it does what it needs to do.

I had to use Veritas once. I couldn’t stand it. I use ArcServe religiously.

> [@Locutus](#):
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> 2 5tb shares… no san yet. thats in 6 months :).
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> off-site is an option. im using hard drives now, but its a pita to manage.

Offsite for 10TB (or 20TB if you double capacity) of data would KILL your Internet connection unless you’re using an OC-3 or bigger. But as was said previously, disk to disk sounds like the best option for that much data.

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