Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> I guess we *could* back up to a hard drive. But I'm not really that 
>> keen on the idea. We would have to shut the server down to connect the 
>> drive, 
> 
> USB.  Or, apparently, something called "eSata" now?

I'm just not keen on attaching and removing bits of hardware on a 
server. Our QA guys probably wouldn't like it either.

>> start it back up again, format the drive,
> 
> Format it once, yes.

I would anticipate that formatting the drive is quite a lot faster than 
trying to actually delete the existing files on it.

>> The other small problem is that 30 harddrives presumably take up 
>> slightly more space than 30 DDS tapes. ;-)
> 
> Well, yeah, but they also last a lot longer, I expect.

Really? What on earth makes you think that a highly complex and fragile 
device like a HD will last longer than a simple lump of tape?

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