[mdlug] Compression and Archiving

[Robert Citek]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> a 500 GB 2.5" drive in a USB carrier is about $100 these days.

Or if you want to go for the more industrial/geeky look, for that same
$100 you can get a 1TB drive ($80) and a SATA to USB dock ($20):

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4691121&CatId=2459

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4259603&CatId=2785

For comparison, here's the pricing for tape drives and tape cartridges:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=291

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=63

Regards,
- Robert