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Date:      Thu, 10 Jan 2002 23:36:27 +0100
From:      "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Walter Betancourt" <walt@betan.com>
Subject:   Re: Tape Drives
Message-ID:  <05f301c19a27$42712d40$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
References:  <4.2.2.20020110164926.00a87950@popd.betan.net>

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Walter writes:

> so I figured there must be a downside to using
> a hard drive vs tape.

There are several disadvantages to hard drives.  For one thing, they are
vastly more expensive, particularly as you keep larger and larger volumes of
backups.  For another, they don't help you at all if the machine is
destroyed, since you can't keep them offsite.  They also consume power and
generate heat.


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