Posted by Cliff Wild on 10/31/94 11:37

Toshi1873 wrote:
> In article <0dCdnQt7rOraPFfenZ2dnUVZ_tSdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> CliffWild@xemaps.com says...
>>
>> Well lets see now. You can write to a 300gig drive how many times?
>> What happens to the DVDs when they are full and how long do they
>> last? How many gigs worth of coaster are floating around compared to
>> used HDDs that still work fine? How long does it take to burn just
>> ONE DVD a coaster or not? I will stick with my HDDs for backup and
>> archive. Wild idea you say? Thanks
>>
>
> Different strokes for different applications.
>
> Write-once DVDs are best for archival snapshots where you're only
> burning 1-2 discs per day on average. Older discs should be kept
> around as fallback positions if newer generations of the backups fail
> for some reason. Really old discs typically end up in a closet,
> stored in a cakebox on the off-chance that things really go bad.
> Discs also have the advantage of portability. (Although the 2.5"
> laptop drives are lightweight and tiny.)
>
> HDs really compete against tape and rewritable DVDs. Good for daily
> backups and you can rotate the units out periodically for multi-
> generational backups. You probably shouldn't let the drives sit
> unused for more then a few months to a year without checking the
> contents (and whether the drive will still spin up).

Great post.

CW

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