On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 22:33 +0100, Valent Turkovic wrote: > Frank Cox wrote: > > On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:57:26 -0500 > > Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> One terabyte divided by 8 gigabytes per double-layer DVD comes out to 125 > >> DVDs per backup. > >> > >> Are you out of your freaking mind? > > > > I actually used to back up my BBS system to about that many floppy disks, using > > FastBack Plus. > > > > 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 :) > > Sometimes a bigger (expensive) hammer is not the answer :) I think that the point that is being made is that the cost of the optical media and your time is going to exceed the cost of an additional hard-drive. Plus, as is being pointed out, the integrity of your backups are easily lost with just one scratch on the surface. I know. I tried doing this and have lost several batches of backup from one scratch on the dvds. I'm still angry at myself about it. So, unless you have a source of free blanks, the cost is there. I think K3b will create data disks. You might check that out. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
