Andres Jimenez wrote:
> 2006/10/24, Proinnsias Breathnach <proinnsias at linux.ie>:
>>>> I sense, with volumes like that, and the prices as they are, that
>> correctly padded / protected hard-drives will work out to be a more
>> cost-efficient and speedy solution ?
>> Something like this makes sense:
>http://wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=270>> Available at Komplett:
>http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=327156&view=links>> 50c/GB with a Firewire 800 interface (plus the usual USB 2.0)
>I don't think so..... Not unless you're going to put it in a *large* box
of bubble wrap. Optical media (i.e. no moving/fragile parts) are pretty
much the only high capacity media that'll tolerate the shocks that are
common in post/courier transport. I walk past the local post sorting
office in the mornings and I see postmen throwing bags of post 10' into
the back of trucks.
HD-DVD will store 50GB/disk, so even your biggest job will fit on 10 discs.
If you need robotic duplicators take a look at these:
Rimage: http://www.mtmimage.com/hardware/duplication.php
Alpha One: http://www.lsk-data.de/en/index-en.php?page=83&frameset=14
YMI: http://www.ymi.com/products/mps_over.html
Gary
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