Backup devices
bronto
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri May 31 18:29:00 2002
I do like the idea of the useable and cheap media, but the low
capacity is a turn off. This will be for a remote server and I don't
want to have an administrator standing there swapping disks just to
complete a full backup. Unless you see a way around that, what are
the second choices?
Rob
> > 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.
>
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