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DV Backup 1.4.3 (Mac OS X)

Pros vs Cons of DV Backup  

At first I quite liked the idea of a simple backup program where I could use my DV cam to backup Mac data, however a little research and the following are (imho) key reasons not to use such a system:

• You would definitely need to us error checking which will reduce the amount of data stored per tape
• Each tape only holds 10GB per hour, prob less with error checking
  • Tapes are expensive
  • Tapes designed for video allow for a bit of error as it is not so important
  • It would take an hour to move 10GB to an hour tape (more with error checking?)
• Recordable DVD's are cheaper than tapes
• DVD takes short time to burn
• New gen DVD's hold twice as much as old ones (Dual layer, no idea about BlueRay)
  
• MOST IMPORTANTLY - with DVD's you aren't locked into some unusual and propriety format that may not be viable in 5 years. DVD's on the other hand can us the basic data formats, can be moved to other machines with little hassle and will hopefully still be accessible in 5 years (Anyone still use floppies?)

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Wednesday, January 14 2009 @ 09:19 PM PST

Am I missing something? Why would you need this?  

You are questioning why someone might want to archive their mail, so 'Yes', there you are missing something. The whistling sound between your ears might be a good hint as to what...

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Tuesday, June 30 2009 @ 08:28 PM PDT

Upgrade suggestion  

Actually, despite a few minor spelling / grammatical errors, what John331 writes makes perfect sense to me and is a useful and simple upgrade vs cost approach to developing software. It really bugs me when people arbitrarily complain without any insight or useful suggestions. Thank you John331 for being useful. 'Bleh' to kcwookie for being useless.

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Tuesday, June 30 2009 @ 08:24 PM PDT