Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Oct 2002 15:58:04 -0400 (EDT) | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: v2.6 vs v3.0 |
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On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Matthias Andree wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > I do that, but it doesn't make for a storage medium I can easily use on > > another system. The cost of DVD writers is coming down, and non-magnetic > > media may have some advantages as well. Still, thay're small compared to > > disk sizes. > > There are big drives available if you really want one (and can afford > one, which is the bigger problem usually).
The real problem is that the media is expensive. DVD media is <$10 and encourages taking backups fairly often. In the long run that's most important, not the initial cost. Trying to get a client to take an incremental and store it off-site daily is easier at $5-8 than $50+.
-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
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