Hmm... DVD-RAM != DVD-R right? It seems to me that DVD-RAM is only compatible with computers (and probably just the burner) and DVD-R is compatible with consumer players as well as regular DVD drives. That's why that Panasonic drive is cheap compared to the ones i quoted above (which are DVD-R burners).
You can actually get that Pansonic DVD-RAM drive for cheaper than $399. I it see on [url=http://www.pricewatch.com]pricewatch[/url] for ~$300 for the drive and software (OEM though). I still think a tape backup solution is better for daily backups, though a good tape backup can be costly (none of that Onstream, Iomega crap
Like a Seagate DDS3 (12/24G) SCSI tape backup goes for ~$300, but these things are made for daily backups (ie. more reliable), and faster (like ~1MB/s uncompressed).
I must say owning a DVD-RAM/DVD-R would have it's coolness factor to it
Adrian
You can actually get that Pansonic DVD-RAM drive for cheaper than $399. I it see on [url=http://www.pricewatch.com]pricewatch[/url] for ~$300 for the drive and software (OEM though). I still think a tape backup solution is better for daily backups, though a good tape backup can be costly (none of that Onstream, Iomega crap
Like a Seagate DDS3 (12/24G) SCSI tape backup goes for ~$300, but these things are made for daily backups (ie. more reliable), and faster (like ~1MB/s uncompressed). I must say owning a DVD-RAM/DVD-R would have it's coolness factor to it
Adrian
