[Gllug] backup solution

[Jack Bertram]

* Mike Brodbelt <mike at coruscant.demon.co.uk> [030709 00:02]:
> > There's clearly a trade-off between price and quality.  That much is
> > obvious.  However, for a personal machine I can hardly justify spending
> > £1500 on backup.  
> 
> Depends entirely on how much your data is worth to you. If you lost it
> all, what would the impact be?

It's just happened (hence the shutting-the-stable-door).  However, I
simply can't afford to spend enough to "do it properly".  I need to find
a compromise.

> > I don't need complicated kit, just something big enough to do the job.
> > CDs would involve far too much of my time since 650Mb isn't enough to
> > store a serious amount of data. Reliability is a concern but if I were
> > after something mission-critical for my business, I wouldn't be skimping
> > here.
> 
> Backup systems aren't a good place to cut corners. If you don't care
> enough to do it properly, why spend the cash at all? Back up the truly
> vital stuff to CDR and don't bother with the rest. If you're going to
> buy a backup system, spend the cash to get one that'll work properly.

Fair enough.  Perhaps the question should have been more like "Given up
to £250 to spend, what's the best backup solution I can buy?".  Sounds
like a combination of CDRs and cheap tape will work best.

jack

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