Biennial Crash Testing

[Ron Jarrell]

At 08:56 AM 5/18/99 -0400, Holly wrote:

>Okay.  I have never used a Jaz drive.  Is it fast?  Is it reliable?  Is it 
>subject to strange deteriorations like tape cartridges are?  (I don't 
>even want to think about the time when I was reinstalling stuff from a 
>tape drive and the tape jammed.  One of those moments when I did 
>everything right and I still got slammed.

It's basically a little hard drive in a cartridge.  I have the 1G version, and
am quite happy with it.  The 2G costs about what the 1G does.  Some
people I've heard have had problems where the loading mechanism will
give this sickening clunk, indicating it's died, and now the loader needs
to be repaired, but so far, three years, no problems...

Recordable DVD's have also dropped down to where CDR's were a year
or so ago, which might also be a handy option.

>
>> There's also, if you've got the online access to handle it, which usually
>> requires a flat rate plan, several interesting online solutions, where for a
>> monthly fee, their software will scavange your disk for changes, encrypt
>> and compress it, and upload it to a highly redundant server somewhere in
>> the world, which can return it to you on demand.  I've been considering
>> switching to one of those services with my laptop since I'm fairly often 
>> on a lan, with good connectivity.
>
>My life has more than enough monthly fees.  But I might have to look 
>into this, too.  If you try it and it's wonderful, will you let me know?

Sure will...  "Monthly fee" keeps stopping me to, but "never do the backups
myself again" is a nice thought.  I'm spoiled at work; all our machines are
backed up to a central DLT jukebox library automatically...