Re: Backup media; comments would be appreciated.

From: David (thunderbolt01_at_netscape.net)
Date: 12/25/03 

Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 16:33:58 GMT

Gaetan Martineau wrote:
> 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. (?)

I wouldn't call it risky, mine does a nice job and has for a
couple of years now.
Seagate STT38000N SCSI

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

Can be slow if you have to use more than one CD to do it. It is
also easy to scratch a CD and loose the data. 

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