jdd wrote: > Eberhard Roloff wrote: > >> In fact that means that your usb drive will "only" need to accomodate >> 200GB+ "a little more". Ex 300GB will most likely do for a VERY long >> time. > > I think you did miss the point.
Yes I did. Sorry for this. I wonder whether your type of usage, while being extremely impressive to me, fullfills what the subject "backup for home users" tries to promise. ;-)) > > I can dl a cd in 10 minutes and a dvd in four hours. I have a collection > of 1000+ films. I have each month 4cd and 1 dvd of linux alpha distro > (and often more) > > all this is filling my drive. > > I have also (right now) 4 hours of dv video (50Gb) and the 3 dvd O made > from it (30Bg with the associated files I need to keep for editing purpose) > > all this is very important right now but will have nearly no interest in > some days (only the dvd resulting will have meaning) > > it's impossible to backup all this, I already have problems keeping them > one month :-) > You might invest into a large raid array and keep multiple generations of your data there, on a as needed basis, if disk failure or data loss by operator error really concerns you. > > I only want to say that no backup strategy is univesal, anybody must > find one that suits his needs. yours or an other :-) > I completely agree. And I never intended mine to be understood to work universally for anyone. It just does what I want and what I think I need. regards Eberhard > jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
