[olug] Backup of Windows workstation(s) to Linux server...

[Tim - DZ]

With those "one per household only" style rebates you should be able to
find a 120 - 160 GB drive in the $80-$100 dollar range, from retail
stores around the big O.  I think every other week or so, CompUSA or
BestBuy has has either  Maxtor or Western Digital with both Manufacturer
and Store rebates.

-t

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Sam Tetherow
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 9:56 AM
To: Jay at RebootTheUser.com; Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Backup of Windows workstation(s) to Linux server...


Internal battery pack I don't know about, but you can get a firexpress 
350 from about $60 (newegg.com) which is an external enclosure for any 
IDE drive you can get a 250 for about $5 more which is for 2.5" drives, 
if you are looking for cheap they also have a 250SX which is a 2.5" 
drive USB2.0 only solution for $30.

Drive prices vary but with a little shopping you can get 40GB drives for

  about $50, granted this is a 5400rpm drive but what do you expect for 
cheap.  If you are looking for $/byte you are better off shopping for 
160GB drives.

Having said all this, I have never used any of the external HD stuff so 
there may be a gotcha in there somewhere...

Jay Swackhamer wrote:
> they are not 2.5inch drives, but
> 
> Compusa has drives listed from $109-$150 for 40gig external USB hard 
> drives
> 
> here's a 120gig for $99 after rebates ($199 actual) good through 9/30 
> but you'd have to call and see when they will have them back in stock 
> http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=301787&p
> fp=BROWSE&tabtype=rb
> 
> 
> 
>>Sam Tetherow [mailto:tetherow at nicusa.com]
>>
>>>This may seem like a silly question, but wouldn't it be more cost 
>>>effective/faster to get an external firewire/USB 2.0 HD enclosure and

>>>do backups to a hard drive?
>>
>>Yup, that is what I am finding...  In a perfect world, I'd like to 
>>find an empty 2.5" external Firewire/USB2.0 enclosure that *also* has 
>>an internal battery pack and MP3/Ogg playback.  Then I could put in a 
>>20GB laptop HDD, use it for backups, plus also have it scan for my 
>>OGG/MP3's and play them while I am out in the yard!
>>
>>Anyone know of something like that?  The closest I have found are in 
>>the $200+ range -- I'm looking for something that will be in the 
>>$100-$150 range with a 20GB HDD.
>>
>>Dan
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Sam Tetherow                           tetherow at nicusa.com
Director of Development
NIC Labs (PSSG)                        http://www.nicusa.com

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