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[andyford@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Andy Ford)]

Call for comments, ideas, experiences:
I just got the go-ahead to start using linux in an official
capacity
at a major corporation. I need to set up a dedicated box to
archive
data on CDs for review by an outside regulatory agency. The
goal is to make a daily WORM drive archive CD that cannot be
tampered with. 
The firm was going to spend US$6000 on a dedicated system,
but I 
brought up the idea of using linux and they went for it! I
have the idea that I
could hang  a CD-R off an old 486 running linux and attach
it to one of our many sparc-SunOS systems (maybe on a serial
port?).
If the 486 will do it, the cost would be that of the CD-R
drive, say $400-$600
if I splurge on a SCSI external unit.
Soooo, if anyone has any recomendations on the CD drives,
the software, or the security aspect...
Yours,
Andy
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