Re: Backups work! (when you've got 'em)

From: Royce Williams <royce@alaska.net>
Date: Thu Feb 01 2007 - 16:46:43 AKST

Tom Simes wrote, on 2/1/2007 11:50 AM:
> As for backups, that's really a separate question. Commodity hard drive
> prices have gotten so low that I personally can't justify backing up to
> any other media (whether local, networked or both) unless it's
> specifically for archival purposes. Even then, the shelf life of
> WORM optical media is a concern (not to mention format obsolescence).

Speaking of that -- I've really got to get that crucial data off of
my 10M MFM Winchester drive, while the controller is still working. :)

Royce

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