[G4] Backups and Buying Drives

[shopdog]

Everyone has been very helpful-- you guys sure know a lot.  I had no 
idea this list existed until I stumbled on it.  What a great resource.

I have some more questions.

What is the best way to back up a 15GB iPhoto library to DVD?  Or 
should I use something else?  I want to be able to store the backup 
"offsite".

Which is the best backup software to use-- Apple's Backup, or 
Retrospect.  Does either span multiple DVDs or CDs and how reliable are 
they?  Are they any better than Carbon Copy Cloner?

Also-- is there such a thing as a firewire bus-powered enclosure for a 
3.5" hard drive?  If so, does anyone have a suggestion for getting one 
for a 120GB SATA drive (IBM/Hitachi-- the one I wrote about earlier).  
I'm deciding to bail on trying to put it in my G4 enclosure at the 
moment because the firewire bus-powered just seems easier!

If not, does anyone have any suggestions on how to get a reliable 2.5" 
drive (any size) with a firewire (preferably 800) bus-powered enclosure 
for a decent price?

Thanks again, as always...

shopdog

On Apr 27, 2005, at 7:05 PM, Philip J Robar wrote:

>
> On Apr 25, 2005, at 1:05 PM, shopdog wrote:
>
>> I see.  I didn't understand that you get the array back that way.  I 
>> thought there was a way to pull the file off the one drive.
>
> Sorry I wasn't clearer. With RAID 1 (mirroring) you can still access 
> your data if half of the mirror dies. You can also rebuild the mirror 
> after the failure without having to restore the data.
>
>> Can you please explain in more detail the concatenation setup you 
>> described?  I'm not sure I quite understand...
>
> There are lots of tutorials on RAID available on the net. The set up I 
> described is referred to as RAID 0+1.
>
> Phil
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