On 22 Apr 2004 at 10:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, if one has the choice, backing up to DVDs is definitely better?
Discounting the obvious capacity advantage I think yes at least from the perspective of speed and robustness. > Any particular brand name of DVD media to recommend? I've been using Sony and Imation 4x DVD-R media (compatible with more players) and I've burnt no coasters and had no verification problems in over 20 discs now. I've heard all the guff about buying Japanese made product but I've not heard anything but speculation as to the quality of media manufactured elsewhere. My Imation discs are made in Taiwan and they seem OK. Just like my Supermicro M/B and Matrox video card, the previous time I purchased they were made in the USA and Canada respectively the last pair I bought were both made in China, it's cheaper. > I am getting enough photos on my computer now where I have to start thinking > about backup storage more seriously. Well that was what lead me there, it was pretty painful having to write three CDs to one 2GB memory card down-load :-( > Marnie aka Doe I do have two DVD drives. And can write +R or -R. TIA. As I mentioned I'm writing -R media at 4x so a full 4.7GB disc can be written, closed and verified in about 30 minutes under Nero 5. What you have to ensure data integrity (ire a good burn) is that firstly the drive is properly ventilated and has an adequate ripple free power supply and secondly the system has adequate data band-width. I've got a RAID array in my server with can deliver 45MB/s sustained and the writer has an 8MB buffer so it's streams along quite nicely (even on my old Celeron 500 system). Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
