Backup media; comments would be appreciated.

From: Gaetan Martineau (gmartiPASDESPAM_at_mediom.qc.ca)
Date: 12/25/03 

Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 11:05:25 -0500

I am thinking about a USB ZIP IOMEGA 750 Mbytes external drive as a
device for backing up data for a small home network (backing up Windows
as well as Linux partitions). Thanks for comments about the following
ideas of mine:

- was thinking about a Seagate travan Tape. BUT: Seems expensive and I
have never see one installed or functionning. It seems a bit of a risky
investment. (?)

- CD-Rom seems a bit lousy for backing up data. (?)

- At work, I use (and really enjoy) 5Gb or 20 Gb exabyte tape drives.
realiable, fast and spacy. But SO expensive! Too much for our house.

I currently back up data on 100 Mbytes ZIP disks. So far no trouble.
Guess an upgrade to 750 Mbytes would lead to the same reliability.

Thanks for your ideas.

Gaetan

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