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Posted by Citizen Bob on 12/04/06 16:11
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 15:35:36 +0100, "Skybuck Flying" <spam@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>Since I have lot's of data to backup... using 8.5 GB discs sure sounds
>attractive.
A hard disk is even more attractive and a helluva lot less expensive
per GB - plus they are much faster. Get a removable bay
http://www.axiontech.com/prdt.php?item=36249
and you can swap drives as you need them. I would not recommend USB
for this application because despite the theoretical specs, it's too
slow albeit faster than DVDs.
One other advantage of HDDs is the data is there for life, whereas
dye-based DVDs have a limited shelf life. To get any longevity out of
them requires burning them at substandard speeds, and that adds
considerably to your overhead.
Pretty soon DVD recorders/players are all going to have USB ports and
DivX/XviD codecs installed so you can get an inexpensive USB converter
http://www.directron.com/usb2535.html
http://www.directron.com/satac35u.html
(get the one with the separate power supply because some USB ports do
not have enough power for a HDD)
and take the HDDs to friends for viewing. Don't waste your money on
external enclosures because they cause excess heat buildup which is
detrimental to HDDs.
--
"Yet the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain
ends, there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or
alter the legislative, when they find the legislative act contrary to
the trust reposed in them....And thus the community perpetually retains
a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of
any body, even of their legislators, whenever they shall be so foolish
or so wicked as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and
properties of the subject."
--John Locke
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