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On 31/08/17 07:41 AM, Wols Lists wrote:
On 30/08/17 23:08, Anton Aylward wrote:
I've commented a number of times on how easy it is to arrange stuff for backup onto 5G DVDs:
9G DVDs aren't that expensive, either, although it seems easier to buy a 9G drive than 9G media :-)
:-) Indeed! A quick on-line check of my regular downtown Strip of back-to-back computer stores (east of Spadina on College, predominantly) doesn't throw them up. I might have to drill deeper. However given the speed for DVD burners and that OK quality (aka no worse than buying HP brand) DVDs are less than C$8/50 and CDs are only slightly cheaper, and they do seem to last longer than many of the USB sticks I've bought (!) (though why my camera CD cards last so long is a matter for discussion another time on offtopic) I think the DVDs are adequate -- for now.
My quick investigation into tape backup, though, concluded that - for the home user at least - it was prohibitively expensive.
Back in the days when SMBs were using the old IBM PCs and ATs, a 30Meg or 60meg tape cartridge was a wonderful backup -- for a SMB, and just barely affordable for a enthusiast or the kind of hobbyist produce shareware, those Peter Norton wannbes. Later, in the 386/SCO days when I was doing Progress Database applications, I had one. I'm aware that there are now micro-cartridges that can store 300G, but why? We've commented here that a basic openSUSE install can take less than 20G. It's when you start filling up /var and /home that it gets space hungry. Even so # du -sh ~anton 79G /home/anton OK, so there's a lot of my stuff that isn't under ~anton; thank you 'owncloud' under /srv And alternative (kernel and /usr), space for the disk-to-disk copied, all those online ISO for doing VM deployment. A Terabyte of disk space vanishes pretty quickly. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org