Frank Cox wrote: > On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:33:00 +0100 > Valent Turkovic <valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> You see, there are some of us who don't have money or don't want to give >> it and are willing to find a different solution :) >> > > Ah, but these days I back up my systems to an Intel SS-4000E fileserver. And on > my old BBS, I got a Colorado tape backup system pretty much as soon as they > became available. > > Point being, something like your scheme might do as a very short-term solution, > but it won't take very long before you're looking for a real backup solution > that doesn't take so much effort. Or you will start looking for excuses to not > do your backup on the original schedule you had planned. > > All of my backups are done for me, automatically and painlessly, overnight. > It took a bit of effort (and yes, a few dollars) to set things up this way but > I wouldn't have it any other way, now. > > I wonder why Valent has got to have DVD media? That's the interesting part -- the insistence on DVD. If one can afford a "home server" plus 1 Tb disk storage plus an internet connection then I reason one can afford a USB external hard drive too. So it is hard to believe money is the issue. Bob Cochran
