Backup devices

Eric D. yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri May 31 18:11:00 2002


on 31/5/02 16:59, Rob Brandt at rbrandt@sbdsl.com wrote:

> Any recommendations for a reliable but nothing-special backup device?
> Factoring in initial cost and cost of media.  This will be on a Beige
> G3 Tower, which has both IDE and SCSI connectors.  It's running  YDL
> 2.2, and a 4GB drive, currently utilizing about 50% of it's space.

CD-RW. Media is by far the cheapest ($/MB) on the market and drives are a
dime-a-dozen (IDE and/or SCSI). Also, you can use your media in 98% of
modern (last 5 years) computers.