Re: Recommended Linux Backup

lrhorer wrote:
>>>         You're kidding,right?  Back up the data to more than 900 Dual
>>> Layer DVDs?  Admittedly they are cheap, but... no, thanks.
>> It depends on the consequences of data loss.  If they are severe,
>> there should have several live copies at different locations and
>> providers or at least two offline copies, preferably one with
> 
>         Then I would use multiple hard drive sets.  Hard drives cost as little
> as $.073 per Gigabyte, can read and write upwards of 75 MB/sec, and can
> store up to 2 TB (soon 3 TB) in a space 1" x 3.5" x 6".  By comparison,
> DVDs cost about $.11 per Gigabyte, usually cannot read or write more
> than 10 MB/sec, and take up easily 5 or 6 times the space per Terabyte.

... and DVDs can not be reused as often/reliably as hard disks.

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