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Hi On 14/04/2008, Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Simon Avery wrote: > > I'm not sure of the size of removable media nowadays, but you could > > always use a hotswap sata caddy that they pop the hdd out of the server > > at hometime. Cheap, big, easy to have several to allow tiers of backups. > > Downside: Not that good when dropped/chucked. Heavy? > > You can get a USB external caddy SATA or IDE from www.ebuyer.com for > around £20 In fact I was looking at them yesterday for a friend and all > three of Scan.co.uk, Aria.co.uk and ebuyer.com stock them. Not much > choice though - mainly the IcyBox - for some odd reason IDE caddies are > much more common than SATA. There are also eSATA options but a) they > are expensive compared to others and b) they require the server to have > eSATA on the motherboard. > > Question. If it's going in a caddy does it *have* to be SATA? If not > your choice is much wider. > Can't be usb - takes too long in the backup. It needs to be a removable drive and driven by the network. -- Kind regards Rich http://www.cregy.co.uk Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12 v 1 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html