Re: [MLUG] with regards to the RAID & Backup solutions...

[Mark Rages <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 10:23:36AM -0500, Ross, Matt wrote:
> > Yeah. I'm still looking for an backup solution that I can 
> > afford. I have 1
> > server with a 30GB Hard drive that I'd like to back up from 
> > time to time,
> > but I'm not sure what the best cheapest solution would be for 
> > me. I have
> > some web directories that are crucial and maybe a couple of home
> > directories, but that's it. It might be cheaper to get a cdr and burn
> > backups...
> 
> Are you going to be backing up only 650mb of it, or closer to the full 30gb?
> If you're backing up over two CD's worth, it can get rather irritating
> backing it up.  If you spend, say, $100 on a CD-R/CD-RW, you'll be spending
> about 20 mins per 650mb, then the additional cost of about $.50 each CD, or
> $.25 if you buy in bulk.  If you buy a CD-RW disk for writing over backups
> beyond a certain point, its hard to find a CD-RW of any speed, so you're
> probably talking 40 mins per 650mb then.  Your total cost may go down, but
> if you count man-hours working with it, and the runtime used by the CD-R
> drive, it's worth it to get a tape drive for backups, again, if it's over 2
> CD's worth.
> --

The price of DVD-R drives is falling pretty fast. Decent Apple media is about
$5/disc. 4.7G each. We use them by the hundreds at my job (homemoviedepot.com)

They're read with common equipment. That's sometimes convenient.

You'll need dvdrtools, basically a fork of cdrecord. 
http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/dvdrtools/

Regards,
Mark
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