On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 jeffr at odeon.net wrote: > Then you're pretty much stuck. You could spend a lot (more than I want to > figure out) on a tape solution, or you could spend a lot (about $1200 for > that much data using 9.4 gig disks, plus a drive) on some sort of dvd-r > solution each time you do a backup, our you could make another machine > (for about $2000) with a really big raid 5 (400 gigs - 6 maxtor 80 gig > drives and an Escalade 6800) which really only gives you an extra layer of > redundancy, a power problem (you do have a UPS? - not that a UPS will > solve all power problems - yet another expense) could fry all of your > systems, loosing all of your data. > > No matter how you look at it, you'd have to spend a lot to back up that > much data. > > Any word on new techlogies that would make backing up really large amounts > of data fast and cheap? New types of optical storage maybe? Or spend 10 grand, buy a box with a TON of disk space, and do incremental backups to disk. :) -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500