[ale] quick, simple backup

Robert L. Harris Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Fri May 23 11:28:43 EDT 2003



Personally, I'd say go with the DVD-R/RW.  Easy to scrip thte backups
and almost as cheap as CD-RW now.

I used Zips in the past and they're great also except for when they
finally go to 300Megs since it's so convienent.


Thus spake Tom & JaVonn (pairoftwins at mindspring.com):

> All:
> 
> Client's Travan tapes are worn.  They back up ONLY 100 MB critical files daily.  They're computer-shy, and just want to point & click.
> 
> Shall I recommend:
> 
> 1) CD-RW ( cheap media, but has to be blanked prior to write )
> 
> 2) Zip 250 ( modest media cost, proprietary )
> 
> 3) other ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom
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