how would you backup 1TB of data to dvds?

[Jacques B.]

On Feb 9, 2008 9:48 PM, Lamar Owen <lowen at pari.edu> wrote:
> On Saturday 09 February 2008, Craig White wrote:
> > we all see things through our own lenses and mathematically it is
> > impractical to consider backing up 1,000 units in 4.5 unit chunks when
> > so many other mechanisms exist that can chunk in much larger increments.
>
> That was up to the OP to decide, not the folks on this list.  Giving a 'well,
> this tool, scdbackup, will do what you want, but backing up 1TB on 4.5GB
> disks isn't really practical' is much more helpful and much less
> confrontational.  No?  It took me all of one minute to get the google string
> right to find this tool.
>
I disagree that most took the tone you suggested.  I know I didn't.
The OP's question was what would you use to back up 1TB of data onto
DVDs.  My response was I wouldn't do that.  I would back up to another
drive.  And as was later stated, he provided insufficient information
as to his exact needs hence the wider range of suggestions that well
meaning members of this list offered up in case the OP had not
considered that option or had not thoroughly thought through his
original choice.

As for you finding an answer to his question in "all of one minute"
using Google, then that begs the question why couldn't the OP have
done as much?  I'm sure he could, and maybe he did.  For reasons only
the OP can answer (and I'm not suggesting he needs to defend his
actions one way or the other) he chose to ask advice from the members
on this list (either in lieu of or in addition to doing a web search
for possible solutions).  Whatever the reason, he felt the members on
this list could provide him with some good advice.  I think the
members did exactly that.  When he clarified his requirements (1TB
down to 50 gig is a big difference, and that it was a home server, not
a business, and that he was looking for the most cost effective
solution which is still open to debate unless you consider your time
to be worthless - otherwise the cost of your time will add up and
surpass other options in this scenario at some point in time), and his
penchant to use DVDs as his solution then some of the posters shifted
their advice accordingly while others debated the practicality of his
decision.  Good, honest, constructive debate is never a bad thing in
these situations where several viable options exists.

Jacques B.