> PS--Just in case--let's assume that this ends up being a trash drive and I'm
> going to go out and buy a new SCSI tape drive and SCSI host adapter card.
> Which card should I buy and what tape backup drive around $200-$250 should I

for 250$ it's quite difficult, but you should be able to buy used DDS-3
drive for that. it's 12GB raw+hardware compression and has really cheap
tapes compared to any other tape drive (<20$ per tape)

> buy. I have 5 hours left on the clock to get the drive installed and backups
> (and restores :-) working. I need the bottom line answer here as this is our
> accounting server and I've got to have a good backup system in place.
>