but it's not a hd. yes technology is similar but so is that of a floppy but you dont' hear anyone posting, oh ya, that 400gb hd is just a floppy with the heads on the inside etc.
the iomega rev presents the user with a lot of flexibility that a single external hd doesn't.
the thing is, you just need to get to critical mass with the rev drive so that the media gets cheaper. once media gets to a certain price, rev drives will be the best available option.
Not ignoring, just haven't responded to it yet.
But they sure are expensive.
But what's really the downside to the external drive in comparison? I do see a good purpose of making DVDs every so often, to have archives in case something ever gets corrupted, but what's wrong with the HD being the only daily backup? If the drive ever fails, I simply copy my remaining copy over to my laptop so I have two copies for the time being, then replace the drive. Seems easy enough.
Originally posted by: archcommus
Not ignoring, just haven't responded to it yet.
But they sure are expensive.
But what's really the downside to the external drive in comparison? I do see a good purpose of making DVDs every so often, to have archives in case something ever gets corrupted, but what's wrong with the HD being the only daily backup? If the drive ever fails, I simply copy my remaining copy over to my laptop so I have two copies for the time being, then replace the drive. Seems easy enough.
rev drives are about $500.00, you can probably get a used one on ebay for less. the media are like $45.00 / piece.
with 7 rev drive disks, you could do a complete backup each day on different disks. this allows you to go back a day or 2 up to 7 days if you get some kind of data corruption.
Rock Hydra
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The key question here is how much data do you need backed up. I don't recall you saying how much data you have. If it's under 750mb then a 750mb zip drive with multiple disks for daily backups is ideal. If it's under 30GB or 90 compressed then the REV drive is an ideal product as well. An internal REV drive is $285 and comes with one disk. A 4 pack of REV disks is $169. That gives you 5 days worth of rotating backups for $454. Thats not a bad price for a complete solution including backup software that comes with it.
~20 gigs.
That price might not be bad to you, but for me, a college student, and seeing how the only advantage that really offers me is the archives, not really practical. Still a good suggestion for many, though.
I've had 3 OnsTream drives and all have failed. All were IDE. The first 10/20GB drive was bought brand new and it died within a year. The second and third 15/30GB drives were bought used and both failed within a year. I really liked them, but the reliability was atrocious. I would avoid them at all costs.
I am very happy with DLT right now.
Can anyone comment on the Rev drive being fairly similar to the old SyQuest SparQ drives? I seem to recall when I had the 1GB version that it was really just a hard drive platter in a disk.
I also have nothing good to say about those drives, as it overheated the disks almost instantly. SyQuest went under shortly afterwards.
I also have nothing good to say about those drives, as it overheated the disks almost instantly. SyQuest went under shortly afterwards.
i have several clients using them for backup and i haven't seen a disk fail yet.
i have one myself.
i haven't noticed the disks heating up.
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This is the problem I have been contemplating lately as well.
I have over 600GB of data altogether, which includes approximately 25GB of documents and photos, 150GB of music, and another 400GB or so of movies. Right now, I run a nightly backup of all my critical data, plus the music, since that is about as much as I can fit on my 200GB external hard drive. This backup is merely a straight incremental copy of all my data, so any corrupted files that are not caught within a day will surely get copied to the backup drive. However, a few corrupt files is not nerely as important to me as an all out drive failure.
I've always figured that an external hard drive was the best backup solution since it allows me to have one good copy of my data at any given time. If my internal hard drives fail, I can use the external drive. Conversely, if the external drive fails, the internal drives should last enough time for me to acquire another external drive and resume all backups. It's not a fail safe solution like a business would use, but it works for my needs... or so I thought.
Recently, I've been considering the loopholes of this backup procedure. For example, if there was ever a sever power surge or disruption in my building with the ability to impair electronic devices, it's probable that both my internal and external hard drives would be toast. So, what's the best solution?
I've been thinking about using both an external hard drive for nightly backups along with weekly DVD backups, and creating permanent archives of my music and movies. However, this is a somewhat daunting solution, since I will have to burn all the discs and track their contents.
So, what's the best solution, taking into consideration the amount of effor that would be needed to complete backups? Multiple external drives that are rotated on a weekly basis to avoid simultaneous failure? Using both an external hard drive and DVDs?
It's confusing
I have over 600GB of data altogether, which includes approximately 25GB of documents and photos, 150GB of music, and another 400GB or so of movies. Right now, I run a nightly backup of all my critical data, plus the music, since that is about as much as I can fit on my 200GB external hard drive. This backup is merely a straight incremental copy of all my data, so any corrupted files that are not caught within a day will surely get copied to the backup drive. However, a few corrupt files is not nerely as important to me as an all out drive failure.
I've always figured that an external hard drive was the best backup solution since it allows me to have one good copy of my data at any given time. If my internal hard drives fail, I can use the external drive. Conversely, if the external drive fails, the internal drives should last enough time for me to acquire another external drive and resume all backups. It's not a fail safe solution like a business would use, but it works for my needs... or so I thought.
Recently, I've been considering the loopholes of this backup procedure. For example, if there was ever a sever power surge or disruption in my building with the ability to impair electronic devices, it's probable that both my internal and external hard drives would be toast. So, what's the best solution?
I've been thinking about using both an external hard drive for nightly backups along with weekly DVD backups, and creating permanent archives of my music and movies. However, this is a somewhat daunting solution, since I will have to burn all the discs and track their contents.
So, what's the best solution, taking into consideration the amount of effor that would be needed to complete backups? Multiple external drives that are rotated on a weekly basis to avoid simultaneous failure? Using both an external hard drive and DVDs?
It's confusing
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