OT: XP SP2 Security Hole / Backup Thread Appended

[Bill Vermillion]

> On Mon, Oct 04, 2004, D. Thomas Podnar wrote:
> >: The AIT that handles 500GB native and 1TB compressed was
> >: a bit over $5000 when I priced it - out of curiosity.  It may have
> >: come down since then.
> >: 
> >: Bill
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> >Street Prices
> >-------------
> >AIT-1    35/90GB - ~$600
> >AIT-2   50/120GB - ~$1000
> >AIT-3  100/260GB - ~$1800
> >AIT-4  200/520GB - Should slot in around $3200 when it ships.
> >SAIT1 500/1300GB - ~$9000

> Let's see, external 160GB USB2/FireWire hard drives are about
> $200.00 plus a FireWire card and an OS that support it. I can
> buy a lot of those for the price of just the tape drive, not to
> mention the media.

But more difficult to get regular >off-site< backups made. 
One clients business interuption insurance specified that
it would not cover income loss due to data loss if backups
were not off-site.

One expesnive tape can be moved off site for than six or seven
drives.

But it all depends on what your backup needs are.

Bill
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com