Posted by NunYa Bidness on 11/15/72 11:33

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:13:32 -0500, Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> Gave
us:

>Bob (spam@uce.gov) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:49:43 -0500, Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote:
>>
>> >Anybody who wants to back up their 200GB hard drive without swapping
>> >discs every 20 minutes for 8 hours.
>>
>> Backup your HD to another HD in a removable bay. It is a lot faster
>> and cheaper than an optical disc backup.
>
>...and has all the same problems that hard drives have, and it's *not*
>cheaper.

It IS cheaper when one considers what one's time is worth. A
mirrored setup for a HD backs up itself. YOu must personally
administer optical storage backups, and that labor intensive task is
very costly from an admin POV.

> I can buy 5 sets of -R discs (or 3 sets of -RW discs) to backup
>a 200GB drive for the same price as one hard drive.

It ain't about the cost of the medium. It is about reliability and
effecting an automated solution.

> Optical discs have
>dropped in price faster than magnetic drives, and they will continue to do
>so.
>
>> If you really want to do the backup properly, then maintain a set of 3
>> identical discs and rotate them periodically.
>
>And, don't drop those hard drives when you move them around, or get
>anything magnetic too close to them, or let them sit without being used
>for too long (many drives freeze up after a while).

They are meant to handle upwards of 40G shocks (more than a 3 foot
drop), and NO hard drive has ever "froze up". That is just plain
silly.

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