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Hi Leondard, On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 02:09:53PM -0400, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: > At 1:47 PM -0400 8/18/00, Nathan Thompson wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 12:49:28PM -0400, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: > >> You aren't planning on using CDRW as your PRIMARY backup > >> solution are you? You do have something else/better in place, right? > >> > >ok, I'll bite :) > > > >why is this, in your view, such a bad / sub-optimal idea? > > > Pick any/all of the following reasons that come to mind: > > 1) Limited in size > 2) Not spannable > 3) Poor/short shelf-life Ok. each disk is not huge, so they are somewhat limited in size. However, I don't understand what you mean by numbers 2 and 3.... Not spannable? Most of the programs I've come across will span across as many cds as required. Maybe I don't know what you mean by spannable (I am a backup newbie :) ).. As for shelf life, it is my understanding that a cdr is good for 70 years if stored properly. Tape is no where even in the same league as that. What am I missing? Nate ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug