[X4U] OT-backup suggestions for a business

[Philip J Robar]

On May 23, 2005, at 9:25 PM, Crandon David wrote:

> I know this is definitely off topic, but a friend of mine needs  
> some help. He is a diehard Mac user, but for his pathology lab  
> business he is forced to use a PC.
>
> For his business he needs to do daily backups. The backups are  
> full, not incremental. He needs media that will hold about 9 gigs  
> of data for each backup. He does it Monday thru Friday, each day.  
> The following Monday he doesn't need the previous weeks data anymore.
>
> Each day needs to be stored on separate media and it's put in a  
> fireproof safe.
>
> So what suggestions do you all have on both media and software (PC  
> unfortunately).

Dual layer DVD or any number of tape formats.

http://www.pcmag.com/products/?query=sectionhierarchylist% 
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a.k.a

http://tinyurl.com/72z9k

would be a good place to start looking for backup software.


Phil