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Re: Is network backup still a good idea?

1998-10-21 20:35:43
Subject: Re: Is network backup still a good idea?
From: Gene Mangum <gmangum AT UMICH DOT EDU>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 20:35:43 -0400
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Richard Sims wrote:
> >Disk drive technology is outpacing network technology,
> >software, server technology, and tape technology.
>
> Sorry, but that's not true at all.  As industry analysts will tell you,

Oh, I think it *IS* true.   The original point was the dramatic increase
in *CAPACITY*, not throughput.   A typical network for *several* years has
been 10Mb ethernet.   Many desktops still run on that today, but look
at the *huge* disk drives compared to a few years ago.

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Gene Mangum
Gene Mangum
University of Michigan Medical Center