Re: Backup media; comments would be appreciated.

From: Dimitri Maziuk (dima_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 12/25/03 

Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 20:20:14 +0000 (UTC)

Bruno Wolff III sez:
> In article <9VDGb.89$412.7279@news20.bellglobal.com>, Gaetan Martineau wrote:
>>
>> - CD-Rom seems a bit lousy for backing up data. (?)
>
> I would think that this would be the preferred method for home use. CD
> blanks are inexpensive. You can use CDRs for archiving and if you want
> short term backups, you can use CDRWs.
>
> Disk drives are also competitive with tapes for doing backups. You can use
> raid 1 to protect against crashes. Or just copy stuff to them at convenient
> times if you want to protect against accidental deletions and the like.

Disks are actually cheaper (per megabyte) than (at least some) tapes
nowadays. Check the price on Xserve RAID, for example. However, I'd
think either is an overkill for small home network -- just use a DVD
burner.

Dima 

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