#Backup – Recordable CD
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Which one of the many CD Writers have you used and recommend, especially for
ease of use and price and network software compatibility? We have a tape
backup but need to archive certain files for fast retrievel and we are
considering MO drive or CDROM drive.
You might want to have a look at Incat's Easy-CD BackUp software, whcih works
with any of the CD recorders. There's a brochure in the Incat library, GO
INCATS.
Best regards,
Deirdre' Straughan
Incat Systems
I have been using the Cdrom (Pinnacle) for backups for three months now. It is
fast and easy, espcially with the Incat easybackup software. I tell you I
rarely use my Tape backup at this point, and for software suppport those guys
at incat are great.
Peter
You may also want to consider Spira from Moniker. It offers drive letter access
from any application, just like MO or CDROM, but gives you read and write
access to CD-ROM and CD-R discs. You can then use File Manager or your favorite
backup application for your backups.
Check out more information in the CD-Recorable library section of this forum.
David Multer
Moniker, Inc.
David, Can you tell me more about this backup option.
Peter
Also David, I read your library notes. Your software is or is not compatible
with the Pinnacle rcd 1000?
We support the Yamaha CDR-100, Sony CDU-920, and the Ricoh RS-1060. Support for
the Philips CDD-2000 and the Pioneer DR-R504X coming soon.
Not too much to explain, we make your CD-R drive look like just like a CD-ROM
drive letter, but you can both read and write to it from any application. It
fully replaces MSCDEX and CD-ROM drivers and does not require any DOS TSRs. We
support CD-ROM, audio, and CD-R discs.
If you're a developer, there is no toolkit for CD-R integration. Your
application can write to the CD using standard Windows or DOS function calls.
For integrators, there is no integration. No application to learn and you never
worry about were the source files are, or whether they are fragmented and no
more coasters.
David Multer
Moniker, Inc.
David-
How much is Spira? Can you email me more info?
Thanks in advance,
Charles
I can fax you information if you provide me with a number. If you hadn't seen,
there is a press release in the CD-Recordable library section that has some
information.
I don't think I should post prices, but the price is very competitive.
David Multer
Moniker, Inc.
David-
Please see my email…
Thanks,
Charles
David,
SO at this time the PInnacle rc1000 is not supported?
Correct
Are the Spira disks written in 9660 format? Do you buffer on disk, or how do
you handle the recording process?
Spira makes single-session and multi-session ISO-9660 discs. We cache
information in 25MB of contiguous hard disk space that are allocated on a local
hard disk when the software is installed, much like the Windows permanent
swapfile.
A session is created every time you eject the disc. You never have to worry
about staging your data, you can copy directly from the network to a CD-R drive
letter. The cache insures disc writing everytime.
David Multer
Moniker, Inc.
This sounds very interesting. This also implies 25 MB sessions, with a lot of
session overhead. We pack disks full with 645 megabytes of data. So wouldn't
opening and closing sessions slow down reading and loading and reduce the
available space on the disk?
No, the sessions are as large as the amount of data you transfer before
ejecting the disc. The cache causes track writes in 10MB or larger chunks which
do not consume any real overhead.
Therefore, you can transfer 650MB of data and only create one session while
only using 25MB of local hard disk space. And remember, the files can come from
anywhere, including network, CD-ROM, diskette, etc. whithout worrying about
file fragmentation or hard disk speeds.
David
Thanks, I am confused. You indicate that only 25 MB of hard disk is used no
matter what size session we write. This doesn't make sense, unless you simply
"point" to the files elsewhere, which I think you must not do.
Our need is very simple: Copy about 650 megabytes of files to your "virtual
volume" and then do a burn. We want one burn only, one session only, and then
we are done and want to erase everything and move onto the next disk. Over and
over: 50 times a day.
I assume that even if our files exist on our hard drive, that there will be the
time and overhead to copy them from the hard disk to your special file on the
hard disk. That looks to be to be about a 10-minute process. (Plus the time to
delete them on our hard disk and in your partition after the burn.)
Am I correct about all of this?
(Disk storage is not a great problem, we have gigabytes kicking around on any
of our systems.)
Spira maintains the location of your files whether they are in the cache or on
the disc, much like any hard disk caching software would. Don't think of the
25MB as a virtual image, but just as a buffer location to insure disc writing.
Sounds like you have a production type need. It is true that Spira is not
designed for the high volume production work you may require. We try to make it
a lot easier for the average computer user to take advantage of CD-R as general
purpose data storage, much like SyQuest, ZIP drives, MO, etc.
As an example, you might have a personal need to copy files to disc, outside of
the production work required. Personal archive and backup, or distribution of
files. We eliminate the need to treat CD-R output as a process. Of course, you
can use premastering and Spira at the same time if you desire.
David
This Spira software sounds excellent! You need to advertise more before Corel
or someone does the same thing. I need this software right away (CD Creator
doesn't work for backups), so I'm going to look in the library and see if I can
find Monikers number.
Dean
How do I get in touch with Moniker? If you have information that can be
Emailed, please send it to me!