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] Message-ID: <20020510202733.A89576@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20020510111431.S40234-100000@pogo.caustic.org>; from jan@caustic.org on Fri, May 10, 2002 at 11:22:23AM -0700 References: <20020510140416.C16272-100000@mrami.homeunix.org> <20020510111431.S40234-100000@pogo.caustic.org>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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