Dear masters of DVD writing!
We are planning to switch from tape backups to DVD backups in our
institute at the university.
Our backup server is a alpha SX164, with a Promise PDC20267 UDMA100 IDE
controller, running debian/woody.
I have the following questions:
- Is writing of DVDs supported on alpha architecture, and if yes, is it
still `buggy' or ok?
For cdrecord-prodvd I do not see alpha/linux architecture. For
dvd+rw-tools I have built my own backport from the debian/sid package,
but got the following errors compiling:
growisofs.c: In function `setup_fds':
growisofs.c:503: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
growisofs.c:508: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
growisofs.c:517: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
growisofs.c: In function `main':
growisofs.c:1778: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
growisofs.c:1778: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
- Can I put the DVD writer on the Promise controller?
I know that there are some controllers which do not accept CDROM
drives (my HPT eg).
- Finally, which DVD writer could you recommend?
Our main/only usage will be for backing up snapshots of the
filesystem. From the following list, which do you think is most
suitable:
Plextor PX708A
LG M4040B-R
LG M4081B-B
Benq DW400A
Benq DW800A
Asus DRW-0402P/D
Sony DRU-530A
Philips DVD 824
Philips DVD 208K
Pioneer DVR-107D
MSI DR8-A
NEC ND-2500
Personally I have very good experiences with Plextor drives, so I tend
to them, but alas, they are expensive, and our university is very
picky with money.
(really last one for now)
- Do you know a `good' backup program for DVD?
Thanks a lot for any suggestion/help/warning!
Best wishes
Norbert
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