9.2.2 Acquiring Backup Media and Technologies

When you have some thought of your backup needs, you can then continue to obtain the essential equipment and software to make and deal with your backups.

On the off chance that you have to buy new backup equipment for a framework, you can browse various demonstrated, great frameworks, contingent upon your genuine needs. While picking a backup technology, consider the accompanying elements:

a)   Reliability of the equipment and the media

b)  Cost of the equipment and the media

c)   Storage limit

d)  Likely recurrence of restorations

e)   The significance of fitting the whole backup onto a solitary bit of media

Table 9.1 surveys diverse sorts of backup technologies, their estimated costs, and the relative pros and cons of each. Note that the costs of drives, media, and expenses per gigabyte in Table 9.1 are approximations.

Type	Drive cost	Cost of Media	Media Capacity	Connectivity
CD-R/RW (old tech)	----	Rs. 7-50 / GB	700 MB	Internal
DVD-R/RW 24x	Rs. 2400	Rs. 4-20 / GB	4.7 / 8.5 GB	Internal
DVD RW 8x	Rs. 3500	Rs. 4-20 / GB	4.7 / 8.5 GB	External USB 2.0
Blue Ray 6x	Rs. 12500	Rs. 8-32 /GB	25 / 100 GB	External USB 2.0
Blue Ray 16x	Rs. 12500	Rs. 8-32 /GB	25 / 100 GB	Internal
Hard Disk SATA	Rs. 6000	Rs. 6 / GB	1 TB	Internal HD
Hard Disk SATA	Rs. 9900	Rs. 5 / GB	2 TB	Internal HD
Hard Disk SATA	Rs. 10500	Rs. 3.5 /GB	3 TB	Internal HD
Hard Disk SATA	Rs. 15000	Rs. 3.75 /GB	4 TB	Internal HD
WD My Passport Ultra	Rs. 6,300	Rs. 6.3 / GB	1 TB	USB 3.0
WD My Passport Ultra	Rs. 9,600	Rs. 4.8 / GB	2 TB	USB 3.0
WD My Book	Rs. 16,500	Rs. 5.5 / GB	3 TB	USB 3.0
WD My Book	Rs. 19,500	Rs. 4.9 / GB	4 TB	USB 3.0
WD ShareSpace (NAS)	Rs. 172,000	Rs. 21.5 /GB	8 TB	Network
Seagate NAS (Diskless)	Rs. 30,000		16 TB  (4-Bay)	Network
NAS Server (without HD)	Rs. 65,000		24 TB  (8-Bay)	Network
Apple Time Capsule	Rs. 49,000	Rs. 16.33 / GB	3 TB	Network
NAS Adopter	Rs. 3000		Converting USB	media to NAS

Table 9.1. Types of Backup Technologies