Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:01:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:01:26 -0400 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:19974 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:00:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 15:58:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Davidsen To: Matthias Andree cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: v2.6 vs v3.0 In-Reply-To: <20021001123838.GA15537@merlin.emma.line.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1102 Lines: 27 On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > I do that, but it doesn't make for a storage medium I can easily use on > > another system. The cost of DVD writers is coming down, and non-magnetic > > media may have some advantages as well. Still, thay're small compared to > > disk sizes. > > There are big drives available if you really want one (and can afford > one, which is the bigger problem usually). The real problem is that the media is expensive. DVD media is <$10 and encourages taking backups fairly often. In the long run that's most important, not the initial cost. Trying to get a client to take an incremental and store it off-site daily is easier at $5-8 than $50+. -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/