On 2 Jan 2006 at 8:40, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I have a similar amount backed up to DVD. I back up every time I have > enough to fill a disk. I'm doing 4 gigs now while I read the e-mail. > The disk will be ready before I've finished. The LaCie drive writes > accurate DVDs at 16X speed. It's a no brainer. Really important files, > like client work that I haven't turned over yet, I copy to a second > hard drive as well as the DVD backup. But I'll remove that folder after > I've turned over DVD copies to the client.
This is almost exactly what I do, my files reside in on two physically independent drives (different machines same network) until I have enough data to fill a DVD. I write the DVD, verify it, log it in my image database and then put it in my fireproof safe and delete the temporary copy. I don't generally have to access the DVD again unless I do something stupid with my on-line copy. Since all my files reside on-line on my server all my work-stations have access to all files. Net-work storage drives are just a little more expensive than removable drive but they act as an autonomous network device so they make much more sense if the user wishes to share data between work-stations. Using portable hard drives with for back-up with their generally poorly designed cooling and PSUs to me is just asking for trouble. If a drive fails then all is lost, at least if a DVD becomes damaged and unreadable only 4.7GB of data is lost. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
