[BBLISA] Tape backup

[Scott Ehrlich]

For a machine with 750 GB x 4 SATA drives (connected to SAS backplane) = 3 TB 
(roughly), what would be a recommended native/compressed lto3 [half-height] 
capacity drive to use for backup?  This is a standalone desktop.

I am considering Windows native backup, if that will work with a tape drive.

Some of what I've seen are 400 GB native / 800 GB compressed.  Normally I'd 
think that would fill quickly, but with tape drive technology and software, 
another part of me thinks it may last longer than I expect.  I look forward to 
getting educated here.

Thanks.

Scott