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Re: Amanda and DVD-RAM
2006-01-24 09:52:38
Gene Heskett wrote:
In the grand scheme of things, this is a one time per hd failure
expense, whereas using re-recordable dvd's still needs to have spares
for the disk failures which seems to be in the 10% per re-write range,
plus the average life of a burner seems to be somewhere in the 300-500
disks burnt range. The only advantage I can see to dvd's is that its
possible to do offsite storage. If thats important (its not to me, I'm
not commercial, just a retired old f--t home user on SS)
Well, also the initial costs for DVDs are much less, which is where they
appeal to me. I can do weekly backups on DVDs, and *including* the cost
of the burner it won't approach the cost of a single hard drive for many
months. It's a little easier for my budget to digest, is all. ;)
G
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