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Subject: Re: Removing removable ATA hard drives
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> I should probably have said: we don't currently have offsite backups (we've 
> exceeded the capacity of our tape device and our budget), and the quick-fix 
> solution is dumping to this hard drive and then pulling it out and taking it 
> home.

USB box? At least it is known to be hot plugable.

With the drawback that it will be slower and USB has no data integrity
check.

Olivier