how would you backup 1TB of data to dvds?

[Valent Turkovic]

On Feb 9, 2008 7:34 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Steven Stern wrote:
>
> > | I would not.  If you factor in your time to split all that into DVD
> > | size chunks and then individually burn them, it's cheaper to go out
> > | and buy a 1 TB portable storage device and backup to it.  They aren't
> > | that expensive anymore.
> >
> >
> > As a matter of fact, there are some deals at Newegg today on 1 to 1.5TB
> > external drives
> >
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150414+131021336&name=800GB+and+higher
> >
>
> Or, if the 1TB isn't quite full or the data will compress a bit, you can
> find external 750GB drives even cheaper.  I'd get a couple of these,
> compress the data, and rotate them offsite.
>
> http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11219355
>

I asked for a backup to DVDs, I need a cheap solution for chunks of
50GB every month.

Valent.

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