On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 09:38:18AM -0500, RS wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca>
> wrote:
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> > Upon which will you be backing your data (isn't English wonderful).
> > What will you be using for backup for the 1TB of data?  Remember, raid
> > only protects against some drive failure modes, not controller failure,
> > PSU, MB, disaster, etc.
> 
> 
> I am thinking maybe an external USB? since they are so cheap nowadays...
> 

How long does it take to backup 1TB to an external drive over USB?

I see that HP has Ultrium external drives, with USB as one interface
option, for around $500.

Doug.