[Gllug] Viable back-up solutions for gigabytes?

Martin A. Brooks martin at clues.ltd.uk
Sat Sep 4 17:07:50 UTC 2004


Richard Jones wrote:

> * Cheap (media and drive).
>  
>
Cheap is a relative term.  You'll pay the thick end of £1000 for a 
decent DLT drive. However, if you did lose all your photos, would it 
cost you more or less than £1000 to replace them?

>Ideas?  Is tape still the way to go, or should I be better off looking
>at DVD{+,-}{R,RW}?
>  
>
Writeable media such as this degrades over time - a comparatively short 
time.

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