Don't forget a cost of labor. For frequent repetitive tasks (backup) or
large data sets, HD has an advantage and saves a lot of time. For small (up
to a single DVD size) archive operations, DVD is the best.
"nospam" wrote in message
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"David X" wrote:
Overall, I get the impression that HDDs are a far better and cheaper way
of
backing up data for the home user.
Overall I get the impression all your observations are biased towards
reaching your impression.
Assuming you already have a DVD writer the per GB cost of DVD media is
about 1/5th that of hard drives.
That said, media cost is one of many considerations and only becomes
significant when you have a real lot of data. Both media have significant
pros and cons, there is no clear winner. Personally I use both.
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