2 Jan
2004
2 Jan
'04
1:21 p.m.
Ross Vandegrift wrote:
Hey everyone,
I'm currently looking into a computer upgrade, including new
disks. As everyone here knows, more space is well worth it.
Unfortunately, money isn't unlimited ::-(.
i'm using a pair of fast little disks for my daily work as a a striped
pair (meaning your data is history when either drive fails, but you will
also get twice the throughput in best case). backups are made to a slow
but huge ide disk on the same machine, and onto another networked
machine when i'm feeling paranoid.
i recommend this if you have a network. it even protects from the "rm
-rf * ~ OH SHIT!!!" type of hardware failure :-D
Previously, I've always kept my disks in mirrored
pairs to
ensure the death of one disk didn't cost me any data. But looking
around, I'm not sure if I wanna spring the $200 for a pair of 120G+
drives. But we all know I'll regret getting something smaller.
Does anyone here have some other clever solutions to getting
reliable archives of recordings? My ardour sessions, even for demos
quickly outpace what will reasonable fit on to CDs. DVD burners are
still way out of my price range. I'm plum out of ideas.
Thanks for any tips!
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