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Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 20:27:33 +0200
From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>
To: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org>
Cc: Marc Ramirez <mrami@mrami.homeunix.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Backing up my CDs [was Re: My horror story]
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f.johan.beisser said on May 10, 2002 at 11:22:23:
> On Fri, 10 May 2002, Marc Ramirez wrote:
> 
> > As someone who is archiving his CD collection, what do people use out
> > there for backing up 200 gig of crap?
> 
> the problem is that home storage has far outstripped the ability of home
> backup systems. while you can buy a hard drive that can store 60gb for
> about USD$120 these days, getting a tape drive system that can do the same
> per tape will set you back around USD$2,000, not counting the cost of the
> tapes.

So how about buying two or more hard drives and striping/mirroring
them, eg vinum?

- Rahul

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