Yes, that was BUY.COM's "Price Mismatch of the Day" yesterday... $100 off yesterday if I remember.
If DR involves only E2K then an external USB drive could work. If the whole OS needs to be reloaded, then things like a restore from a floppy and restore media would be difficult because the floppy would not likely have a USB 2.0 driver. Conversely, it would likely have a tape drive driver. So, in that case you would need to do a complete OS restore first (presumably to a typically non-OS drive), then a DR restore to the correct location. Then delete the temp-loaded OS. Doable, but a hassle and a lot longer... Things that are doable but a hassle are the reason I got to this place to begin with :) I architect systems for big companies and deal with all their headaches... I want home to be as hassle-free as possible. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 7:48 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup hardware Hmmm, $264 today, I'll have to watch closer...what part of the DR routine do you think would be made more complex? -----Original Message----- From: Bubba G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 3:14 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup hardware Yeah, BUY.COM had this 80GB external USB2 drive on sale yesterday for $169. I considered several of those as well. http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10323086&hdwt=0&loc=101 The DR routine would be a bit more complex if there was a complete melt-down however... So I decided against it for now and decided to continue to look at the tape drives. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 3:48 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup hardware Good idea. I expect to do these in the middle of the night, but that's still important if you're doing 30 or 40 gb. I'll go out & see if there are any reviews out there. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 12:44 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup hardware On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, at 10:17am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm thinking of going to the USB2 external drive system for offsite > storage ... Check the speed of the unit (throughput in actual use, not the speed of the HDD, or the IDE interface, or the USB2 interface) before you make a purchase. Some of those things (the no-name stuff, generally) are much slower than one might expect. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | not | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, | entity or | organization. All information is provided without | warranty of any kind. | _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
