On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 09:15 -0500, William wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 07:42 -0500, William wrote: > > > > You got any good ideas on how to back up, for example, a 2/3 > > > > full 250GB HDD? > > > > > > > > > > Tape drives have gotten quite reasonable these days. > > > > You're kidding, right? High-capacity tape drives cost > > thousands of dollars. > > http://www.nextag.com/buyer/outpdir.jsp?nxtg=3b085_223EE3C7D6A > FA1B5&search=ultrium+tape+drive > > Yes you are right for high capacity systems designed for commercial > applications. However the older tape systems can still be gotten > for under $100 and tapes are cheap.
Tapes are cheap, but even used high-capacity drives are still expensive. Maybe on ebay, though... http://www.islandco.com/tapes.html > Personally I use DVD-R discs that I > buy for about $0.35 each. Its not ideal in that they are not > reusable and there is no way to automate the backup but they get > the job done cheap. Yeah, and you'll have 1000 DVDs. An external high-capacity disk drive is the best solution, I think. Slap a 400GB HDD in a firewire enclosure, and cp! -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "If you disregard people's motives, it becomes much harder to foresee their actions." George Orwell
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