[ILUG] Backup media

[Conor Wynne]

On 8 Feb 2008, at 15:05, Pádraig Brady wrote:

> Tony Groves wrote:
>> Is tape still king?
>>
>> Conor Wynne wrote:
>>> King, no. but great for long term storage -- i.e.: far cheaper than
>>> disks.
>>> For personal use, i would use a USB HDD, rather than a usbkey.
>>> Like I use *ahem* for my own backup.
>
> Conor, ignoring the functional advantages of hard disks over tapes,
> can you quantify the cost per GB for both?

Hmm, per GB I have to agree that HDD's rule. Given the cost of a 500GB  
disk these days, and the cost of an external USB/firewire chassis  
being tuppence....
But tapes are great for long term storage, but per GB, HDD's will  
always win.

Especially when you factor in the cost of a decent Tape unit.
Check out dell's prices for an idea... they get very expensive for  
larger/faster devices.
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/tapebackup_external_scsi?c=ie&cs=iebsdt1&l=en&s=bsd

Tape are relatively cheap, but nothing like HDD prices for commodity h/ 
w.

So I guess you are right there. Good point Padraig.

--snip--

Conor.