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I want it for free. But I'll agree read the adds during the restore ;-) "Jack Coats" wrote: > I have a friend that wants to start a 'remote backup service'. > He is in Houston TX (far enough from Boston to keep most issues > that effect one place from effecting the other). > > what would a remote service be worth to computer hobbiests? > > I have priced some services that are so high $$ that you don't want > to use them unless you are making $$ out of it. (like $100/gig/month > and you get charged bandwidth for restores :( ) > > So what would be good? ... JC > > On Fri, 9 May 2003 10:15:17 -0400 (EDT), Chris Marget wrote > > On Fri, 9 May 2003, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > > My strategy is > > > that 2 hard drives are not going to crash simultaneously (which is not a > > > 100% valid assumption). > > > > barring lightning strike (not a problem around here, usually), > > you're right. the risk of trashing data on *both* disks by human > > error, evildoer, filesystem corruption is very real... > > > > The original poster didn't specify, but i assume anyone shopping for > > a tape drive is interested in archive, not necessarily redundancy. > > > > there are important distinctions between archive backups and > > redundant backups. > > > > the best situation is to have both a RAID setup in the computer AND > > a bunch of disks/tapes on the shelf (somewhere far far away). > > > > /chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at blu.org > > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > -- > Member/Associate of HLUG, HAL-PC, ACM, /., USENIX, ADSM.ORG, BCUMC, > SBIB and other various random initials and anacronyms. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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