>
> >anyway IDE drive sometimes connected as backup is reliable storage
> >compared to any tapes.
>
> Yes, with redundancy (certain RAID levels) and otherwise good
> hardware in the disk server, it's quite reliable.  Of course you
> can't lock it up in a tape safe.  That's a flaw of this approach.

buy USB 2.0 case for disk, and you can just plug it in and out, and swap
disks inside.