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Posted by Trevor on 03/22/06 18:22
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:01:21 GMT, "Mike Redrobe" <mike@redrobe.net>
wrote:
>Rod Speed wrote:
>> Ken Moiarty wrote:
>>
>>> robot to physically automate CD/DVD disc spanning for backup MF Digital
>>> Baxter Automated CD DVD Duplicator. $839.00. Admittedly more than most
>>> large hard drives are sold for today.
>>
>> Yep, so hard drives make more sense.
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>Hard drives can't be expected to survive a drop from the desk,
>tapes and DVDs will. Mishandling is more common in personal
>desktop systems.
>
>>> But for that price you can't backup to tape cartridge of much
>>> quanitity.
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>> Yep, tape has passed its useby date for the backup
>> of personal desktop systems. Replaced by hard drives.
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>Those drives would have to be well cooled and well shock
>mounted to rival the durability of tapes (or DVDs)
>
>Is there a decent shockproof hard disk enclosure
>or caddy ? One that can survive drops from the desk?
The bigger question might be, why are you dropping hard drives off of
your desk? Maybe a bigger desk or more organization is the key. At any
rate, that's yet another reason why I advocate backing up to one or
more internal drives. Even if you're a total klutz, you probably
aren't knocking your entire PC off of your desk, making "shockproof" a
non-issue.
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