> The problem is that there is *NO* economical backup solution for > end-users with hundreds of GB of data. The only thing that comes close > is to have another RAID in another machine that you mirror to. > > Individual drives aren't big enough for large collections (I don't even > have Myth running yet nor do I rip DVDs and I've got > 150GB), DVD-R > media is not that cheap, especially when you need dozens of discs to > back things up (can you say inconvenient). Tape drives have the > capacity, but are very expensive. > > I agree that having an offline backup is ideal, but it just isn't > practical for normal users at these data volumes. Building a RAID is > it...and hope you don't get a power spike that blows the whole machine up. > > -Pete
400Gb drives are becoming common and cheap. Plus a surge plug is not that expensive. Althought your point is still valid. Greg
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