my investigation leads me to the same conclusion, though offsite  
rotation is a real bother. significant online backup cost significant $ 
$$ best...jf

On Dec 15, 2007, at 5:40 PM, Nelsn Helm wrote:

> I wrote an article about backing up, which I hope you can find in  
> the archives.
>
> Hard drives now cost about $0.25/gb, which I figure is cheaper than
> paper. I have 3 external HDs, and rotate. One next to the computer,
> one at a friend's house, and one in transit.
>
> Back-ups to CDs and DVDs have the advantage of not being erased by
> newer back-ups. If you don't throw them away, you can retrieve the
> stuff you did throw away on your computer, but later discover you
> need.

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