Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 09:24:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Mutiny To: Joseph Morris cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: VCR backups ??? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Precedence: bulk On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Joseph Morris wrote: > > I had considered that, in fact we have a JAZ drive at Caldera, but it > is > not used much. The media is ~90 pounds (!). This meant that I cannot > afford to buy more disks, so having a mirror of important disks is > out of the question. > > If one of my zip disks failed, I'd lose about 200Mb but I have > mirrored the important disks. > > If I lost a Jaz disk (and I can't afford to mirror those) I'd lose > about 2Gb of data! > > (I compress the files with RAR, good Russian archiver.) > > I've been using ZIP disks for almost a year now, and I haven't lost a > single ZIP disk, although one of our two drives became intermittent, and > had to be replaced. It always was an odd one.. > > Also, there are strange Fujifilm disks which boast an extra protective > layer on top of the data. > > > In keeping with the VCR backup thread, I'd like to point out that I've > now seen the JPGs of the Arvid units, and they look nothing like the > Danmere Backer devices. They may be compatible though. > The thought of using a VCR as a backup device automatically makes me think of the good old days of the Tandy and using audio cassettes and all the problems that arose from them. But I guess until platters get cheaper for the dollar than disks we'll always be looking for an alternate form. (I have a 400mb hdd and have 2 200mb hdds which I use in a hot swappable hdd device) Craig -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQBtAzQONsIAAAEDAMvQK81eIGOQCcRiNdTBsT80bfnmZCBC8tskIXihXYE3aZC4 rB2C4XrN5Qbgrr28mrziN623QOFW4Q1kzIPPpzvjqiWMNWtz/ievFOUuTPs6/CAg QPCsx22ukjgErWf0eQAFEbQhQ3JhaWcgQ2FsZWYgPG11dGlueUBoYXJkbGluay5j b20+ =c6X+ -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----