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tanithryudoI'm staring at my computer which is halfway through backing up some media files to DVD. For 4.4 GB of data, it takes over 2 hours to write one DVD. I have several *tens* of GB of data to write.
Ugh. =_=
The idea comes to me that I can buy another external hard drive tomorrow solely for the purpose of keeping backup files which I'm not going to be accessing very often. Like TV series and movies files.
Pro: Much much faster write speed, re-writability and deletability, larger storage per single volume, faster read speed (and direct read ability) if I need it.
Con: As far as I can research on the net, the lifespan of a external HD is only 2-5 years. 10 years at best. Also, an accidental dropping the volume on hard ground is liable to corrupt it.
Whereas with DVDs...
Pro: 30-100 year lifespan. Plus I still have a whole stack of them.
Con: Slooooooow to write and read (with my drive)
Any advice?
On another topic... I the same bunch on guru who were complaining about Ursan is now up in arms about Ether Renewal. Because PvE needs "balance", ya rly. *roll eyes*
Ugh. =_=
The idea comes to me that I can buy another external hard drive tomorrow solely for the purpose of keeping backup files which I'm not going to be accessing very often. Like TV series and movies files.
Pro: Much much faster write speed, re-writability and deletability, larger storage per single volume, faster read speed (and direct read ability) if I need it.
Con: As far as I can research on the net, the lifespan of a external HD is only 2-5 years. 10 years at best. Also, an accidental dropping the volume on hard ground is liable to corrupt it.
Whereas with DVDs...
Pro: 30-100 year lifespan. Plus I still have a whole stack of them.
Con: Slooooooow to write and read (with my drive)
Any advice?
On another topic... I the same bunch on guru who were complaining about Ursan is now up in arms about Ether Renewal. Because PvE needs "balance", ya rly. *roll eyes*
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Date: 2008-06-02 02:40 am (UTC)If you think about it, an external HD isn't much different than partitioning your computer hard drive. After all, with 500 GB, it's not like you're going to miss two, three hundred if you partitioned it into a backupdrive, yes? Why not try that instead of shelling out more money for an external HD?
Of course, if you're thinking of ease of data transfer, obviously external HD is much faster. However, I would say to get a new DVD writer. After all, if 20 years down the line and there's still floppy drives on certain computers, then you can be assured that DVD are at least here to stay for another 10 or so years.
But wouldn't it be easier to buy a new DVD writer? Then you get the speed and longevity.
PvE balance:
Actually, I would argue PvE balance exist in the sense that each class is balanced against each other so that no one profession is absolutely necessary and no one profession is just a pain in the ass to bring to elite areas. *points to multiple assassin, mesmer, paragon bitchery*
Obviously they had the right idea with Ritualist (who desperately need a boon to their spawning power line) and kind of got it right for paragon if they didn't then nerf both into the ground again. (I also realized that Rit spawning power should increase spirit level by 1 per attribute level, which would give more armor, hp, and energy overall. Then they need to give rits more energy gain, so that they gain energy when casting withing earshot of a spirit. And just unnerf paragons to make then better than monks. XD)
Obviously assassins and mesmers are beyond fixing. Mesmers because you can't increase player skill (besides, while it's great to have good mesmers who can interrupt everything, humans just can't beat AI at this kind of thing) assassins because apparently the entire concept is "gimmicky". Blarg.
/tl;dr