Hello all, I'm currently backing up my workstation data to a spare internal disk. This is nice because a few cron tar scripts do the job every night without my intervention. A spare IDE disk is very cheap, and I don't keep the partitions mounted so nothing happens to them. The downside is that I have no offsite backup (should a fire arise or something like that).
I'm therefore thinking of buying a removal disk for offsite backups. My current backup needs are 1.9GB after full compression, although this will likely grow (doesn't it always). I have a PD drive but 650 MB is too limiting (splitting the directories so the compressed tar file fits; not forgetting to switch disk every night). I am considering getting a Castlewood Systems (http://www.castlewood.com/) ORB 2.2 GB external SCSI drive. See a review at http://www8.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,408937,00.html It's pretty cheap (US$230 and US$35 for extra disks) and seems very fast (11ms read/ write 12ms; 12.2 MB/sec max sustained transfer rate? Heck I don't get that from my Barracuda!) Ideally, a 4GB cartridge would be better, but I suppose when my needs outgrow 2.2 GB compressed I can swap disks on some night before I leave work. Any comments about this device? Anything better on the market? Thanks, -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/
