Subject: Re: other backup technologies?
To: John F. Woods <jfw@jfwhome.funhouse.com>
From: Jim Spath (Webmaster Jim) <jspath@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>
List: current-users
Date: 01/06/1997 07:44:15
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, John F. Woods wrote:

> So, my question is this: are there any backup alternatives that will
> give reasonable performance for both backup and restore in this
> environment?  (hundreds of megabytes, hundreds of thousands of small
> files)  And while I'm thinking of it, are there any alternative storage
> methods I should look into (I don't really need to store individual
> files, that just makes it easy)?

I've been pretty happy with the performance of my Iomega Jaz removable
hard drive.  It stores ~1GB on a US$100 cartridge.