On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 11:22:19AM -0500, Ben Pitzer wrote: > > Unless some of you know of an inexpensive backup system that is larger than > DVD and Travan tapes. By inexpensive, I mean less than $500. The $200 and > under range would be better, but I'm not keeping my hopes up too far. > My system:
IDE drive swap bay: http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=GN210-BLK&cat=HDD $7.95 4 spare trays for bay: http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=GN210-2-BLK&cat=HDD $6.10 ea 4 60GB IDE drives (around 50 each, mattering on source) I have a script that tar-and-bzips everything once a week, and then adds files that have changed nightly. At the end of the week, swap to next bay and store the previous one in a big anti-static bag. Total: less than $250. I have a month of backups to recover files from. Occasionally I'll burn irreplaceable stuff to DVD-R's. I don't trust modern HD's much either - but they're cheap. Buy two, and RAID-1 them. --Brian -- Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear. --Thomas Jefferson, Aug. 10, 1787 Brian Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eviloverlord.net -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
