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<blockquote data-quote="HeavenShallBurn" data-source="post: 4012725" data-attributes="member: 39593">That was for a media back-ups, I do redundant back-ups.&nbsp; One un-compressed in an external HD.&nbsp; The second to media compressed to reduce the space it takes, and burning to double-sided DVDs that's still eleven discs, I do use the error protection features of WinRAR they're important for big archives.&nbsp; Also the music, video, and D&amp;D folder sizes were pre-compression.&nbsp; Even with videos and mp3s I still get about 60 percent compression.&nbsp; The worst offenders compression wise are .pdfs and .tiffs, if either of those formats compress it's only an infinitessimal amount.&nbsp; Like I said earlier I hope spintronics research pans out, solid-state disks with no moving parts and &gt;1TB/in^2 of non-volatile memory would really make things easier.EDIT:&nbsp; For compression I pick a few days when nothing major will be happening and just leave the main comp running compression unattended while I use the older backup to do any work.&nbsp; Takes just over 35 hours to compress the files.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeavenShallBurn, post: 4012725, member: 39593"] That was for a media back-ups, I do redundant back-ups. One un-compressed in an external HD. The second to media compressed to reduce the space it takes, and burning to double-sided DVDs that's still eleven discs, I do use the error protection features of WinRAR they're important for big archives. Also the music, video, and D&D folder sizes were pre-compression. Even with videos and mp3s I still get about 60 percent compression. The worst offenders compression wise are .pdfs and .tiffs, if either of those formats compress it's only an infinitessimal amount. Like I said earlier I hope spintronics research pans out, solid-state disks with no moving parts and >1TB/in^2 of non-volatile memory would really make things easier. EDIT: For compression I pick a few days when nothing major will be happening and just leave the main comp running compression unattended while I use the older backup to do any work. Takes just over 35 hours to compress the files. [/QUOTE]

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