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Backup Devices and Strategies Essay

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Backup Devices and Strategies

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Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………..3

Removable Storage ……………………………………………………….…….. 3 Capacity ………………………………………………………………….. 3 Media Cost ……………………………………………………………….. 3 Storage Media Chart..……………………………………………..……..4 Tape Base Systems …………….………………………………………….……..4 Magnetic-Optical Systems ………………….……………………………………5 MO Picture….……….…………………………………………………….5

Network Storage……………………………………………………………………6

Backup Software ……………….……………………………………………….…8

Backup Principles ……………….……………………………………………..….9

Backup Diagram.…………………………………………………….…10
Power Failures……………………………………………………………..…….10

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(Iomega’s Jaz 2GB Gives Users More Storage Space and Solid Performance by Sheldon Leeman, July 1998.) With capacities of 1GB and 2GB, respectively, these are well suited for storing digital-video and image files, multimedia presentations, or DTP layouts. Mag-Optical (MO) and DVD-RAM drives have tremendous capacities, but due to the high costs and relative obscurity of the formats, few people have bought into these storage systems so far, being that their more adaptive to Network Storage.
Media Cost
After the initial outlay for the drive, you’ll be faced with the cost of the storage media the drive uses. Keep in mind that what seems like a bargain may be a moneypit in disguise. For example floppy disks are still the cheapest per-unit media at approximately 50 cents each, but on a per-megabyte cost basis (around 35 cents per megabyte), they’re the most costly form of storage. Also on the expensive end of the spectrum are 640 MB, Mag-Optical disks, at about 5.5cents per megabyte, and 1GB Jaz media at 6 to 7 cents per megabyte. Jaz2 and super-floppy media end up costing between 3.5 and 5 cents per megabyte. The best deal in town is CD-R media, which cost under a penny per megabyte.

STORAGE MEDIUM
DRIVE COST
MEDIA COST
MEDIA COST(per MB)
CD-R 650MB
$175. to $400.
$1.30 to $2.50
0.3 cents
DVD-RAM 5.2GB
$500

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