Yeah, I read that BW article, too. Another interesting tidbit is that a company recently perfected a way to burn 10 layer DVD, making it possible to put both a Blue Ray movie and a DVD HD movie on the same disk. I would imagine that this has implications for data as well. I already backup to DVD and store offsite. These disks will make even larger backups possible, though they are still expensive and I imagine they will always be more expensive per MB than hard drive space. But it does compare favorably to the old 180K floppies I used in my Apple IIe.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Whil Hentzen (Pro*) Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 2:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] HandyBackup > BTW: While both my online backup sites are run by separate companies in > seperate locations, both locations (as it turns out) are relatively near > each other in California. It's on my to do list to find an another > online backup service (or hosting firm) whose physical location is in > another part of the country or world and preferably away from a major > earthquake fault or active volcanos. And on different parts of the Internet backbone, too, right? :) There was an article recently (where? mebbe bizweek or fortune?) about the upcoming electrical crunches, and how data centers are looking at electricity as a significant component of their cost structure. So they're trying to keep the data center in a location where the electricity is cheap (and the women are too.) Oh, sorry, that last bit just sort of slipped out. Eastern Washington state was one place mentioned more than once. So it looks like a lot of folks are starting to look there for building or expanding data centers. Unfortunately, that one fact filled up core here so I can't suggest other locations to look for. Whil [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
