> > 70GB/4.7GB(per DVD) = 15 discs. > > looks like DVDs are down to less than $1/disk > > http://store.yahoo.com/blankcdcdr/dvdr-media-dvd-r.html); so I guess the > > economics have changed a bit since I last looked; but even so, spending $15 > > (plus the amortized cost of a $3000 DVD autoloader) per backup is not > > something you'd want to do every night. > > Build your own! > > http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/tech/changer.html amusing. I've also seen a simpler solution done with Lego blocks and the Mindstorms controller/motors. not really appropriate for a larger buisness tho. (unless you hid it inside a large white case with 'Compak' written on the side in red letters..) :) > > I don't know how long it would take to burn those 15 DVDs either; but I'm > > sure good tape drives would be notably faster. > > 1.353MB/s * 4X DVD-R drive = 5.412MB/s, noticably slower. > or > CD-R, 150KB/s * 40X CD-R drive = 6MB/s I stand corrected. maybe one day I'll get a computer with a CD-burner made in this millenium. :) Carl. -- Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list