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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (5696)	1/30/1999 8:50:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

will probably add a third harddrive in a removable tray. AS a backup destination? Yes, don't tell Sean. I do not want to restrict the size of my drives because the backup options can not keep up with harddrives. Terastor is not here yet. I recall the drives were supposed to be out by now. Even when they do come out I believe it was $600+?? for a 10 gig drive and who knows what the media will cost. Then it is probably wise to wait at least a year before moving on the technology. CDR is just to small. It may have some kind of boot use (in lieu of floppy??) DVD RAM is also a possibility but similar concerns as Terastor. Sony indicates their DVD RAM drive can be standardized if others will adopt some minor changes. Probably at least a year before moving on this one. Tape is a possible option for large drives. One problem with tape for me is I just don't like it. I used to do things I did not want to do but the older I get the less I do things I do not want to do. I have not spent much time researching tape drives. I recall seeing prices around a grand for large capacity drives. LS120 and Zip are totally out of the question for backing up large harddrives. Jaz..maybe but I am not interested. I simply do not want to span media for backups. So it gets down to harddrives. They are fast, cheap and easy to configure. I plan on taking the heat and opting for a removable harddrive backup strategy. A slave IDE harddrive in a removable frame and bios boot selections will present some interesting possibilities. I will also incorporate CDR technology for data file backups. Zeuspaul