-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 lrhorer wrote: >>> You're kidding,right? Back up the data to more than 900 Dual >>> Layer DVDs? Admittedly they are cheap, but... no, thanks. >> It depends on the consequences of data loss. If they are severe, >> there should have several live copies at different locations and >> providers or at least two offline copies, preferably one with > > Then I would use multiple hard drive sets. Hard drives cost as little > as $.073 per Gigabyte, can read and write upwards of 75 MB/sec, and can > store up to 2 TB (soon 3 TB) in a space 1" x 3.5" x 6". By comparison, > DVDs cost about $.11 per Gigabyte, usually cannot read or write more > than 10 MB/sec, and take up easily 5 or 6 times the space per Terabyte.
... and DVDs can not be reused as often/reliably as hard disks. - -- Johannes Three nations have not officially adopted the International System of Units as their primary or sole system of measurement: Burma, Liberia, and the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_units -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkru35wACgkQC1NzPRl9qEVGywCdEzu0ICeJq/D4I4DH0OfxYrZk j2IAnA/1rZJmWuu4Qw6sC6Hb3VjwcMgs =X90C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org