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Posted by Trevor on 03/22/06 22:27
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:55:19 GMT, "Mike Redrobe" <mike@redrobe.net>
wrote:
>Trevor wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:01:21 GMT, "Mike Redrobe" wrote:
>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>> Yep, tape has passed its useby date for the backup
>>>> of personal desktop systems. Replaced by hard drives.
>>>
>>> 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?
>
>Trolling aside, any removeable media has to be reasonably
>physically robust. HDDs generally aren't.
My question wasn't meant as a troll, so I apologize for not being more
clear. I still don't see why you're as concerned as you obviously are
about physical robustness. Specifically, what kinds of events are you
trying to protect against, and in your opinion how likely are they to
occur?
>
>> 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.
>
>Removeable media (tapes) regularly experience more shock than media
>not designed for that i.e. HDDs
So after all of that, you agree now that HDD's are the better way to
go? I can no longer tell where you're at on this subject.
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