Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265392AbTF1UUn (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jun 2003 16:20:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265393AbTF1UUn (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jun 2003 16:20:43 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:56970 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265392AbTF1UUl (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jun 2003 16:20:41 -0400 Subject: Re: bkbits.net is down From: Alan Cox To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Cc: Larry McVoy , Scott McDermott , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030628193857.GH841@gallifrey> References: <20030627163720.GF357@zip.com.au> <1056732854.3172.56.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030627235150.GA21243@work.bitmover.com> <20030627165519.A1887@beaverton.ibm.com> <20030628001625.GC18676@work.bitmover.com> <20030627205140.F29149@newbox.localdomain> <20030628031920.GF18676@work.bitmover.com> <1056827655.6295.22.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030628191847.GB8158@work.bitmover.com> <20030628193857.GH841@gallifrey> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1056832290.6289.44.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 28 Jun 2003 21:31:30 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 556 Lines: 12 On Sad, 2003-06-28 at 20:38, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > Tapes are a pain; but at the type of 40GB range is it worth considering > a pile of external USB/Firewire hard drives? I'm testing the USB2 disk idea at the moment. Big problem is performance - 5Mbytes/second isnt the best backup rate in the world. - 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/