On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Terry Collins wrote:
> > Yes, if you have such a paucity of data you can fit a backup onto a CD.
>
> Most SOHO would meet this criteria. I might have 200Gb or spinning hard
> disk capacity, but less than 600Mb that I really want safe from disaster
> (HD crash, house fire, etc).
You're the one citing SOHO, not me. :-)
> > When you're talking 200 gig a day or more, then you're talking somewhere
> > between $50 and $150 per tape, per day {depending on drive type}, it adds
> > up _real_ quick.
>
> Buy a DAT tape system. The tapes are far cheaper than DLT and AFAIKI you
> can get the same capacity on these drives.
Who says I'm using DLT?
> <whistles innocently {:-)> But the obvious question (classic rejoiner
> {:-) is do you really need to back up 200Gb each day?
Whistle as innocently as you like. Yes, I do need to back up 200 gig a
day.
> But, then we would have to be talking about a business there and that it
> just another overhead that any real business has to meet.
I *am* talking about a business. I never once said I wasn't. You read into
my comments stuff that wasn't there.
> <Thinking of all those unviable businesses struggling on without
> adequate backups>.
My backups are quite adequate, thank you. :-)
DaZZa
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