FW: [CS-FSLUG] Add-on to my previous message

[Don Parris]

I would recommend sticking with CD's, personally.  Tapes can break -
I've heard tooo many stories to even think about tape back-ups.  On my
"day job", they use a tape silo and a vendor who provides off-site
back-up service.  Obviously, they rotate the tapes frequently.  But as
a home/SOHO user, I'd use CDs.  Just a personal preference on that.

Don


On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:11:35 -0400, Fred Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday October 12 2004 1:32 pm, Ruth Marlene Friesen wrote:
> > Thanks, Stephen,
> > I didn't realize this.  You've answered that question.
> >
> > So ... how do you do backups? It always involves burning a CD?
> 
> Ruth, depending on the amount that has to backed up, a CD or DVD burner can be
> good. A GOOD tape drive is also a good choice, in particular the DLT drives
> from ADIC.....VERY good and VERY expensive. Another VERY GOOD way to backup
> is to buy a hard drive just for that purpose. Hard driver are cheaper than
> any other method when you have a large amount of data.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> 
> 
> Fred
> 
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