Well, okay, ya got a point on the cost/GB. Bill made that point as well. But in Choppy's case the costs were pretty low. And you have to consider that hard drives are more volatile than tape. Drop a hard drive and a tape from 3' and compare the results. :)
I think Choppy's prediction about CD-DVD is right on. Some form of CD technology will replace tapes. --- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know about that... I am buying 50 GB tapes > for about $90 a > piece. The drive costs $2400 for a LVD SCSI. That > is ~$2 a gig. A > hard drive can be had for around $2 a gig also. > $200 for a 100 gig > drive nowadays. You buy one of those drive caddies > for about $20 and > you have an easy way of swapping out hard drives and > then set the backup > drive on the shelf. With the hard drive you do not > have the initial > expense of a tape drive. Course I am not a math > major.. so I could be > worng :-P Well, you are certainly not an English major. :) John Hebert __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
