DaZZa wrote:
>
> On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Terry Collins wrote:
>
> > DaZZa wrote:
> > > It all comes down to what you weant to spend. The way to minimise the
> > > chance of data loss best is to do a full backup, every day, and never
> > > recycle media - but this gets _damn_ expensive!
> >
> > The real expense is system(s)/network down time, if any. So run it while
> > you sleep.
> >
> > For a home system, with blank CDs @35c each, it is so cheap. Just buy
> > 100 in bulk and 100 plastic sleeves (or use sadwich bags). By the time
> > you use them up, the next lot will be cheaper.
>
> Yes, if you have such a paucity of data you can fit a backup onto a CD.
Most SOHO would meet this criteria. I might have 200Gb or spinning hard
disk capacity, but less than 600Mb that I really want safe from disaster
(HD crash, house fire, etc).
> When you're talking 200 gig a day or more, then you're talking somewhere
> between $50 and $150 per tape, per day {depending on drive type}, it adds
> up _real_ quick.
Buy a DAT tape system. The tapes are far cheaper than DLT and AFAIKI you
can get the same capacity on these drives.
<whistles innocently {:-)> But the obvious question (classic rejoiner
{:-) is do you really need to back up 200Gb each day?
But, then we would have to be talking about a business there and that it
just another overhead that any real business has to meet.
<Thinking of all those unviable businesses struggling on without
adequate backups>.
>
> DaZZa
>
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