[NTLUG:Discuss] Tape Drive Recommendation

[Preston]

Hello all,

I have always used DDS4 tape drives in the past with good success and 
was wondering if anyone had any experiences, good or bad, with any other 
tape formats.  Speed does not matter that much (the backups will be run 
in the middle of the night by a cron job), but cost and reliability are 
important factors.  20GB is enough space for now (current backups are 
only ~5 GB with bz2 compression) and should be for a while, but bigger 
is always better ;)  One reason I have always stuck with DDS tape drives 
in the past is that the protocol has been around for a long time and 
therefore tapes, drivers, etc. are easy to find.   I don't want to get 
stuck with a tape standard that is dropped in a year or two and be 
unable to find tapes. 

Thanks for your help.

Preston