[ale] Recommendation for off-line storage?

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Thu May 11 12:02:36 EDT 2006


Robert Story wrote:

> Another option, which would be much cheaper, would be a dual-layer dvd burner.
> A little more time consuming up-front, but cheaper and much more portable than
> tape. And given the unknown reliability of burned media, i'd verify/re-burn
> once in a while (again, depending on how paranoid you are).

Let's see, let's do the math...  800GB / 14GB = ......  That's going to 
be a lot of burning.  What's the price for 58 dual layer disks these 
days. :)

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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security will deserve neither and lose both.  - Benjamin Franklin



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