On 28-Mar-2001 Chopin Cusachs wrote: <em>> <em>> If you can group your data conveniently, the cheapest by far is CD-R or <em>> CD-RW. <em>> 600-700 megs a shot Yeah, but that takes a while and can get to be a pain if your backup needs are more than 650mb. If you're backing up a system, the gold standard for UNIX system backup is a SCSI-based DAT or DDS tape drive. You can get a tape drive and a cheap scsi card for < $500. It'll store anywhere from 4Gb to 50 Gb depending on tape/standard (there's 3.5mm DAT, 4mm DDS versions 2/3/4 that'll hold varying amounts). Also, it's generally safer, since burning CDs is CPU intensive -- writing tapes isnt. Tape backup is something you can safely set up as a cron job, CD burning isnt. <em>> a Zip file Zip file? :) c'mon, we're in the UNIX world now! We dont .ZIP, we .tar.gz! (or .tar.bz2) :) <p> -- Mark Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
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