[nylug-talk] backup media

[Ron Guerin]

Alex Pilosov wrote:
> Another thing I wanted to bring up:
> 
> Backups on tape may be soon outdated, and we'll think of them as quaint as 
> punchcards.
> 
> The current HDD pricing is comparing very favorably with cost of tape 
> media. For example, 500GB HD is ~100$ (20c/GB). 750GB is ~140$ (18.5c/GB). 


> Historically, while cost per byte for HDDs has been dropping fast, cost of 
> per byte for magnetic tape media has been dropping far slower. I think in 
> a year or two, we'll see HDDs catch up with cost per byte.

I've already taken all my customers off tape, external drive backup is 
where it's at.  It also removes the most likely point of failure in tape 
backups, that is the people involved in changing tapes.

- Ron