backing up video to tape (DDS)

[Nick Steeves]

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience backing up video to tape.
Supposing you waited many hours to render a project, and wanted a backup
of the output video (for long-term archive purposes) in addition to the
project, how would you backup the video?  Would you just "tar
-cf /dev/nst0 your_video" ?  Is tar really the best solution for backing
up video to tape, or does anyone do things differently?

Best regards,
Nick