> > I asked for a backup to DVDs, I need a cheap solution for chunks of > 50GB every month. > > Valent. > It depends. What are your needs? Do you need incremental backups (i.e. 12 months of monthly backups), or just need a single backup at any given time (so full backup once per month). These days hard drives are so inexpensive that it's hard to justify backing up a dozen plus optical media discs worth of data if you just need a full backup for redundancy. Here again you can pick up an external hard drive (80 gig) very cheap. But if you need to keep a copy of each monthly backup, then you'd have to either get a larger hard drive and save your monthly backups to folders, or use another solution. The disadvantage of a single drive with multiple months on it is you have one point of failure. Can you elaborate a bit more on your exact backup needs? I'm probably not in a position to offer much advice beyond what I've already offered as I haven't been in a situation where I've been responsible for that or have needed that. But others on the list will better be able to provide appropriate solutions once they better understand your needs/requirements. Jacques B.
