On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 12:47:32PM -0500, Ben Pitzer wrote:
> That said, I'm not a huge fan of the spare drive backup plan. Mainly for
> the reasons that Chip mentioned to Jason. Hard drives fail much more
> easily, and I trust a tape or optical backup much more because I know that
> if I have to restore, the chances of that backup media failing are pretty
> slim.
The request was for a inexpensive backup system. Sure, I'd love a AIT-3
changer
at home with an endless supply of tapes, but that's just not cost-effective for
my home system.
For many (most?) people, large-capacity tape systems are out of the question at
home. Better the HD backup than the most common situation - no backup at all.
--Brian
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