Digital BW, The Print

Here are some thoughts on better storage options.

There are some good Firewire storage options available for external
storage. I have seen at least one Firewire RAID and another external
system that can hold up to one terabyte of drives. I have not looked at
the transfer speeds of IDE vs Firewire vs SCSI lately but Firewire is
definitely something to look into.

For backing up large amounts of data the best way is to use tape, the
tapes can easily be stored off site, and should be, for added security.
There are a variety of tape drives available, each with their own pros/
cons so do some research before deciding which one. If you have never
used a tape drive before beware that they are slow and finding data on a
tape can be time consuming. While they do hold massive amounts of data
they are best used for backing up in case of problems where you would
want to restore all the data at once rather than archiving where you are
looking for individual files.

What about DVD as an alternative to CDs? Some of the new G4s come with
the super drive that can burn DVDs and external burners are also
available. It seems that this may be a good alternative to CDs.

Sorry if some of this is a little late, it took awhile to get caught up
on the two days of posts I missed while on the road.

cort anderson
www.trwheels.com