Avoiding Computer Hell: Backing Up Your Data

Because this option is not suitable for most small businesses we have not covered it in depth, but mention it here as it is an option. "To some, magneto optical is very attractive because it still has the portability of optical technology, but it has a history of being somewhat unreliable," says the Maxtor.com representative. The cost of this technology varies depending on the model and manufacturer. Drives that we found from Pioneer started at US$2000 for an internal drive and cost US$4200 for a higher end external drive. The storage media costs US$160 for a 4.7 Gb disk.

Selecting a back-up solution: point to considerations

  Taking stock: evaluating your data
  Selecting a back-up solution: point to considerations
  Back-up solutions: different technologies
  Web-based backups
  High density disks: drives from Iomega and others
  CD-write Backups
  Tape Backups
  USB & Firewire Hard Drives
  Mirror Hard drives
  Magneto Optical Drives

 

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Julie King is the co-founder and publisher of CanadaOne.com^®