Posted by Rod Speed on 03/23/06 18:51

Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
> Mike Redrobe <mike@redrobe.net> wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> Ken Moiarty wrote

>>>> robot to physically automate CD/DVD disc spanning for backup MF
>>>> Digital Baxter Automated CD DVD Duplicator. $839.00. Admittedly more
>>>> than most large hard drives are sold for today.

>>> Yep, so hard drives make more sense.

>> Hard drives can't be expected to survive a drop from the desk,

> Then dont drop it.

>> tapes and DVDs will. Mishandling is more common in personal desktop
>> systems.

> Not hard to have the drive in something that isnt readily dropped.

And with a PERSONAL DESKTOP SYSTEM, do you really need
that sort of brute force backup of the entire drive contents to DVDs
anyway ? The only thing that will produce the volume needed to
consume 50 or so DVDs is stuff like digital photos or video. It makes
a lot more sense to write that stuff to a pair of DVDs on different
physical media once its been created and not mindlessly attempt
to write the entire contents of the hard drives to DVDs repeatedly.

>>>> But for that price you can't backup to tape cartridge of much
>>>> quanitity.

>>> 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)

> Wrong on the cooling when they arent powered up.

>> Is there a decent shockproof hard disk enclosure
>> or caddy ? One that can survive drops from the desk?

> Yep, one of the decent external cases inside one of
> those padded containers usually used for cameras etc.

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