how would you backup 1TB of data to dvds?

[Jacques B.]

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> > 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.
>
> He asked for a specific tool recommendation, not a lesson in business-grade
> backup solutions like I would use for my pair of EMC CX3-10c's.  Craig is one
> who answered with a specific tool that could do what the OP wanted to do.

I won't belabour this any further as it benefits nobody.  But just to
be clear, the OP's first posting was:
"How would you backup 1TB of data in a server with 4x 250GB drives all
mounted as separate mount points to a set of dvds using tools
available in fedora, centos or rhel?"

He was asking people "How would you backup 1TB of data...to a set of
dvds ...".  And that is what many answered, how THEY would back up 1
TB of data, and then elaborated on why they would choose something
other than the OP's choice of media.  My only other posting directly
addressing the OP in this thread was my follow up posting to him
changing it from 1TB to 50GB and insisting on wanting to use DVDs.  I
simply suggested that he should clearly outline his needs so that
people replying can better answer accordingly.  In absence of the OP's
reason for choosing DVDs in follow up postings, those participating in
the thread with apparently some practical experience in backing data
continued to offer what they believed was more practical advice (in
general terms because again, the OP did not clearly state his
requirements/needs, only his penchant for DVDs for which reasons for
his choice eluded those trying to help him) for backing up relatively
large amounts of data.

With all that said and done, hopefully the OP has found a satisfactory
solution among the replies he has received.

Jacques B.