On 02/04/2011 02:11 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 05:35:51PM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote:
People think I'm crazy, but, when I leave the house, I always carry
a disc wallet that holds the last year's worth of weekly full
backups on DVD+R. (Well, I probably am crazy, but thi
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 05:35:51PM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote:
> People think I'm crazy, but, when I leave the house, I always carry
> a disc wallet that holds the last year's worth of weekly full
> backups on DVD+R. (Well, I probably am crazy, but this isn't a sign
> of it.)
I don't care what
On 02/03/2011 03:50 AM, Klistvud wrote:
Dne, 03. 02. 2011 01:26:11 je Chris Jones napisal(a):
Ah.. I detect a flaw... you mean you actually do not rotate safe deposit
boxes..? Are you serious..?
Agreed. They should be located on different continents, of course.
Actually, now that I think ab
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:26:16 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 02:27:50PM EST, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:44:43 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
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>> > Doesn't say anything about double-layer.. or are they dual-sided?
>>
>> Hum, OSTA calls them "double-sided" ;-P
>>
>>
Dne, 03. 02. 2011 01:26:11 je Chris Jones napisal(a):
Ah.. I detect a flaw... you mean you actually do not rotate safe
deposit
boxes..? Are you serious..?
Agreed. They should be located on different continents, of course.
Actually, now that I think about it, satellite providers should m
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 05:35:51PM EST, Gilbert Sullivan wrote:
> On 02/02/2011 01:10 PM, Chris Jones wrote:
> (...)
>> One trick I use is copy my back-up file (encrypted) to my cell
>> phone's micro-SD.. In the event disaster struck, I would either be
>> out of the house with my cell phone, or gr
On 02/02/2011 01:10 PM, Chris Jones wrote:
(...)
One trick I use is copy my back-up file (encrypted) to my cell phone's
micro-SD.. In the event disaster struck, I would either be out of the
house with my cell phone, or grab a few belongings including said mobile
before I rushed outside. The probl
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 02:27:50PM EST, Camaleón wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:44:43 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
> > Doesn't say anything about double-layer.. or are they dual-sided?
>
> Hum, OSTA calls them "double-sided" ;-P
>
> http://www.osta.org/technology/dvdqa/dvdqa6.htm
Looks like I sus
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 02:10:53PM EST, Curt Howland wrote:
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> > I prefer to store data in hard disks, but DVD-RAM (DL) could be
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> > a try in the event I'd look for an "optical" backup solution.
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> Thanks, will check whether
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:44:43 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:18:06AM EST, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:07:11 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
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>> (...)
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>> > Do some of you people still use DVD's as an external medium for
>> > backups..?
>
>> I prefer to store da
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> I prefer to store data in hard disks, but DVD-RAM (DL) could be
worth
> a try in the event I'd look for an "optical" backup solution.
Thanks, will check whether my drive supports them.
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Here's one way to find out:
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$ dmesg | grep
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:18:06AM EST, Camaleón wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:07:11 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
>
> (...)
> > Do some of you people still use DVD's as an external medium for
> > backups..?
> I prefer to store data in hard disks, but DVD-RAM (DL) could be worth
> a try in the eve
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:18:06AM EST, Camaleón wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:07:11 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
>
> (...)
>
> > Do some of you people still use DVD's as an external medium for
> > backups..?
> I prefer to store data in hard disks, but DVD-RAM (DL) could be worth
> a try in the e
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:27:57AM EST, Gilbert Sullivan wrote:
> On 02/02/2011 11:07 AM, Chris Jones wrote:
>> I burn my backups to regular single-layer DVD's once in a while. DVD+RW
>> is what I use, but now it looks like I'm flirting with their limit in
>> terms of capacity..
[..]
> My commen
On 02/02/2011 11:07 AM, Chris Jones wrote:
I burn my backups to regular single-layer DVD's once in a while. DVD+RW
is what I use, but now it looks like I'm flirting with their limit in
terms of capacity..
In the long run, this probably means that I need to review my backup
policies, maybe separa
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:07:11 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
(...)
> Do some of you people still use DVD's as an external medium for
> backups..?
I prefer to store data in hard disks, but DVD-RAM (DL) could be worth a
try in the event I'd look for an "optical" backup solution.
Greetings,
--
Camale
I burn my backups to regular single-layer DVD's once in a while. DVD+RW
is what I use, but now it looks like I'm flirting with their limit in
terms of capacity..
In the long run, this probably means that I need to review my backup
policies, maybe separating /home from the rest of the system, but
On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 02:03:37PM -, Bernadette McKevitt wrote:
> I am based in small office with 2 pc's and 1 laptop. The computers
> are set up on a local network and I am trying to decide which
> backup media device would be best for this office.
>
> Bernie,
Hi Bern
I am based in small office with 2 pc's and 1
laptop. The computers are set up on a local network and I am trying to
decide which backup media device would be best for this office.
Bernie,
7 Jun 1998, the lone gunman wrote:
|
| I'm unsure of what backup media I should go with for my Linux system.
| I have a 4 gig harddrive.
|
| I'm thinking about CD-R or Travan-4 tape backup. I'm pulling hairs,
| though, trying to determine which is better (for me, anyway). I'd
|
How about a scsi Jaz Drive i find them to be the best backup media ...
because ... it is not as sensitive as burning CDRs and to me not as
expensive too and pretty portable and easy data retrieval too.
kim0
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, the lone gunman wrote:
> I'm unsure of what back
On Sun, Jun 28, 1998 at 12:50:34PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> CDR has definite advantages. I had a SCSI 2x running fine on a 386 40mhz
> with 8mb of RAM and a 1gig IDE drive. If I generated the iso image on the
> box it was a little slow, so I nfs exported the directory with rw and
> no_r
Hi!
I remember reading a comparison between backuping technics in PCmag
or Byte,
in the previous 4 months. Check their older issues. The article did
a good job.
sasha.
the lone gunman wrote:
I'm unsure of what backup media I should go with
for my Linux system.
I have a 4 gig harddrive.
I'm unsure of what backup media I should go with for my Linux system.
I have a 4 gig harddrive.
I'm thinking about CD-R or Travan-4 tape backup. I'm pulling hairs,
though, trying to determine which is better (for me, anyway). I'd
like to go with DAT, but the drives are too e
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