Re: request for advice on backup solutions

[todd reynolds <toddreynolds@rcn.com>]

thanks tom.

I assume you mean the firewire drive dock?

looks like a great solution.  and where are you finding 80 gigs at $85 may 
I
ask?  

On 11/26/02 12:02 AM, "Tom Ritchford" <tom@swirly.com> wrote:

>> dear friends... I'm investigating backup solutions for aand wondered if
>> anyone had favorites.  tape, extra hard drive, dvd burning... I've got 
>about
>> 60 gigs to manage...  on a mac, of course...
> 
> extra naked hard drive.  everything else is too slow and too small.
> 
> get a firewire interface from http://wiebetech.com at about $135
> and you can plug naked IDE drives into it and in a second they are a
> Firewire drive.
> 
> get two 80 gig drives at about $85 each and you are good to go for the
> rest of time.
> 
> HINT HINT HINT HINT:  always have TWO backups -- the most common time
> for your disk to fail is during backups!
> 
>     /t