Subject: Re: Suggestions for a backup solution
To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
From: Martin Bertelsmann <m_bert@sol.wh-hms.uni-ulm.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/03/2002 18:15:55
Hi Wojciech,
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> > > best. What brands run best on NetBSD? I know where to look for supported
> > > hardware, but some drivers work better than others.
> > What about a Magneto Optical Disk? It's much more reliable than a ZIP. The
> > storage capactiy is larger (up to 1.3 GB on a 3.5" medium (soon 2.3GB).
> > For larger data amounts its also cheaper than ZIP (expensive drive with
> > cheap media vs cheap zip drive and expensive zip media). Fujitsu makes
> looking this way - CD-RW = cheap drive and cheap media.
But that is a question how reliable you want your data to be. CDRWs
provide only about 1/10 of the reliability MOs do.
Ciao
Martin
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