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Posted by Arny Krueger on 05/18/07 13:46
"Peter D" <please@.sk> wrote in message
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> "Arny Krueger" <arnyk@hotpop.com> wrote
>> <leekazimir@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> Looking for a good backup solution for big HDV files and
>>> projects.
>>
>>> Currently looking at Maxtor's OneTouch Turbo III
>>> (available in 1 TB or 1.5 TB sizes) and Lacie's BigDisk
>>> 1 TB drives.
>> I tell my clients that anything by Lacie or one of the
>> prime drive manufacturers (Seagate, Maxtor, Hitachi,
>> Western Digital) is going to be a better choice than
>> some no-name cheapie.
>> But, watch the GB/$ index. You generally pay a big
>> premium to get the highest possible density. A cursory
>> look suggests that GB/$ is relatively flat up to a
>> surprizing 1 TB.
>> However, I'd rather have 4 each $100 250 GB external
>> drives rather than 1 each $400 1 TB drive. Shelf space
>> isn't an issue for me at the 3.5 form factor. With the
>> 1 TB drive, one human or hardwaer destorys lots more
>> than it would with 4 smaller drives. If the goal is
>> backup, then the smaller drives give you better options
>> for off site backup. Also, I would probably never buy 4
>> drives at one time, but buy 2 to start for redundcancy
>> and watch the cost per GB of the remainder of my future
>> disk drive farm drop as the price of storage continues
>> to drop.
> Good advice. I would also recommend DVD-R as a viable
> backup medium. Now before anyone disregards the idea
> because of problems with long-term storage of some DVD
> medium, let me suggest that a combination of recoverable
> methods make it very viable except in the most extreme of
> cases. Simply use a combination of RAR/ZIP or any
> software that can break large files into smaller chunks,
> and create PAR files to act as verifiers and recreators
> should a files get damaged or lost. You can store a lot
> of info on a DVD at very low costs (less than 10c/G), and
> properly stored it is less susceptible to damage than a
> hard drive.
Good advice. IME well-made, well-stored optical media has all of the
advantages you've mentioned. The biggest problem are the inconvenience
factors.
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