Digital BW, The Print

You should distinguish between backup, which is disaster avoidance,  and 
archiving which is long term storage.

A second hard disc is ideal for backup, but something else is more 
appropriate for archiving IMO.

On Thursday 28 Mar 2002 3:15 am, Martin Wesley wrote:
> Mitch,
>
> I was looking at the issue of backup and archiving with CD's or DVD's.
> Instead I got an External 160GB Maxtor hard drive on a Firewire connection.
> I am copying photo files off to that. The cost was just under $400. I think
> there are 120GB units for $300.
>
> A lot easier than burning CD's and cheaper than a DVD burner.
>
> Martin
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Mitch Alland
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:04 AM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Storage: DVD vs CD
>
>
>   As I am having trouble with my current SCSI interface CD burner, I have
> to decide whether to get an new FW-CD burner or a DVD burner. As my
> Photoshop files are usually about 240MB, perhaps that is the way to go.
>
>   I know of two DVD burners, the LaCie DVD-RW drive which costs $499 and
> the LaCie DVD DVD-R Second Generation drive which seems to be faster but
> whose costs I don't know.
>
>   What are your recommendations as to:
>
>   1. whether to go to a DVD burner, and
>   2. which DVD burner to get?
>
>   --Mitch
>
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