Backup devices

[bronto]

Such as a flood, fire, earthquake or burglary?  :')  I've experienced 
two of those during the last 3 years.

Rob


>In that case, my recommendation to my customers is always to toss in a 2nd
>hard drive.  The chances of 2 modern hard drives going bad... while
>possible, are just about even with anything else going bad.
>
>This makes a great no recurring cost solution as well.
>
>- Steve
>http://www.Globaltap.com
>Mac Friendly Hosting.
>
>
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>[mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com]On Behalf
>Of bronto
>Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:30 PM
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>Subject: Re: Backup devices
>
>
>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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