Ez-Aton wrote:
> 12 / 2 (=half a dozen) * 20GB (per volume) = 120GB
You are right. I misread the original post. Don't forget that these
120GB will likely only take about 60GB (on average, YMMV, yada yada
yada) of actual space on the backup medium, but I agree that it's a
bigger monthly cost.
> I can't see any resonable priced internet line which supports such
> online backup.
Depends on your definition of "reasonable". Mostly, it depends on "how
much is it worth it to you to not have to manually take your data off-site".
When we originally started to plan the backup service it was clear to me
that people who want to backup 120GB of data are not my intended
audience. The reality of things is that I have a lot of interest from
precisely such clients. (no actual orders, but a lot of interest).
> USB IDE disks I do not recommend, for their low performance, and low
> reliablity. There is a reason why tapes are still the most common
> backup solution for a certain (and above) amounts of data.
I agree that 120GB (as opposed to 20GB, as I thought before) suggest a
tape solution. Still, the large up-front cost of the tape drive, coupled
with the cost of each tape, make a hard disk solution seem appealing.
> Ez
Shachar
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