Digital BW, The Print

Hmmm...maybe I should get a G-4 instead of a CD-RW...
What does RAID actulally stand for?

> From: "Mark Tucker" <mtucker508@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 20:34:39 -0000
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Better Storage, was Better Scans
> 
> The RAID, I'm sure, would be nice. I used to use one with my old
> G3; it did help throughput. The G4 seems to be fast enough that I
> haven't even considered a RAID for it.
> 
> But my motivation is not for speed/throughput, but for mere data
> storage and backup. Like Carolyn, I'm swamped with boxes and
> boxes of CDs, and when time is short, it sure is a drag to
> manually go through each box, trying to find that one CD that you
> burned two years ago. I'm much more into the "Command-F"
> approach, where you've got multiple hard drives, and you can
> instantly see every version of a file, named, for example, "Satan
> Boy". Sorry, Harvey, couldn't resist.
> 
> I'm also looking for some easy way to do a giant backup, every
> few months, to another giant drive that I could take to someone
> else's house, for offsite storage, in case of fire. (I'm turning into a
> neurotic old man...).
> 
> The thing that Todd mentioned is what I heard about: you install
> this PCI card, and it lets you have multiple harddrives outside the
> Mac. (The G4's max drive limit is only two internal). This box
> wasn't cheap; I think it was about $1500 for the empty box alone,
> but longterm, I love this approach.
> 
> The CD thing is silly any more. I want to one giant swoop of
> backup, and just let it run all night. Actually, I want to take all my
> old CD's, and then transfer them all to these giant drives, and get
> rid of the CD storage, and only use CDs for burning for jobs for
> clients, via fedex,etc.
> 
> The price of the drives has now made all this possible. To buy a
> 75gig IBM Deskstar for a couple of hundred dollars is truly
> amazing. And to have four or five of them would be great.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
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