[ale] Recommendation for off-line storage?

[Robert Story]

On Thu, 11 May 2006 18:38:57 -0400 Geoffrey wrote:
G> We were talking in a business environment if I recall.

Then you missed a sentence in my original message:

G> Robert Story wrote:
G> > G> > Of course, my slant here is of a home user w/too much data.
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^

G> > The cost of a tape drive (800GB w/compression) was $4k. In my house,
G> > that's not a justified cost against 5 minutes x 3 per day.
G> 
G> You apparently haven't burned a 7gig dvd lately, it's going to take you 
G> more then 5 minutes per.

That's 5 minutes to start the burn, then go to work, eat dinner or go to bed.
I don't actually need to sit and watch it burn. ;-)


Sorry you missed my line about where I'm coming from. I was just offering my
perspective for a cheaper router for a home user. It's not unheard of for some
geeks to have 400GB or more of data at home. I should know, I'm one of them!