In some circumstances, yes. In others, no. CD-Writers are faster, and
CD's do have a longer shelf-life. They also have a hard limit of 650MB.
There are some CD-R's that hold 700MB, and I've heard that there is a new
format in development that will significantly increase their capacity.
Right now, we've got a 700MB hard limit. If you are doing backups of a
multi-gigabyte system, this may be an unreasonable situation. If on the
other hand, you're backups will fit on a CD-R, then it may be a reasonable
solution.
-dave
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, tabanna wrote:
>On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Fabio Lissandrini wrote:
>> I got informations about the OnStream tape drive, and it seems to me that it
>> should be a good solution.
>
>Could a CD rw drive be considered a superior solution for all backup
>needs, being Faster, and more Reliable ?
>
>thanks
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