[H-GEN] Re: Assistance Required

[Raymond Smith]

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On 27 Mar 2002, Jason Henry Parker wrote:
> Raymond Smith <zzrasmit at uqconnect.net> writes:
> [CD backups]
> > I agree that it would not be useful for a 30Gb backup but for a small
> > business with less than 100Mb of data the CD-ROM is the easier, more cost
> > effective approach. Hell, I would probably keep going until my data took
> > up three quarters of a disc and then start looking into tape drive
> > solutions, or maybe DVD.
>
> Why stop when the CD-ROM gets 3/4 full?  I'm assuming you'd do that to
> get in early before the backups got too large to fit on one CD, but
> you've left it a bit ambiguous.

Sorry, what I meant was that I wouldn't bother looking at alternatives
until the CD-ROM hit three quarters full. While I was looking I would be
happily backing up to the CD-ROM until it was, indeed, full :-). My
experiences are based on those of my father (some rental accounts) and
Aunt (small house stumping business). In both cases we are talking single
PC, small number of relevant files.

Cheers,

Raymond
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