> I think maybe magtape is something that should be retired.  These days I
> prefer RAIDs as backup devices.  A lot cheaper than tape aswell.

RAID is not a backup technology. It's only purpose it to improve drive
reliability (and sometimes performance).

RAID doesn't protect you against:

- fire, earthquake, etc. (unless you have remote mirroring)
- user mistakes
- sabotage


JL