Talk:Backup software

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Contents 1 The merits of links to software products and packages 2 Layout and organization 3 CDs less expensive than hard disks? 4 Most of what this page needs is over at Backup

[edit] The merits of links to software products and packages

Since List of backup software redirects here, it would seem like this is as good a place as any to have reference information about the major implementations of backup software concepts. Tar (file format), NetBackup, and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager are all interesting Wikipedia pages that should be reference on a paged titled "Backup software." -- Austin Murphy 16:30, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

See this old version of List of backup software for more. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 16:34, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm all for adding in a controlled 'see also' section which links to a few interesting backup references with real (not created that day by the spammer of the hour, or simply a stub) articles. I'm really not fond of restoring the external link spamfest that List of backup software turned into, or that the list at the end of this article was heading towards. Criteria should be set and noted in this article or in an inline comment in the article's code. Thanks for discussing this instead of simply restoring the old list; it is much appriciated. :) Kuru ^talk 23:50, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I've actually been watching this article waiting around for someone to add some popular software packages, as it's impossible to navigate through the garbage available on the Internet without trying every one and possibly screwing up my computer. Which ones are in use by notable organizations? Which ones are the favorites of the open source worshipping linux geeks? and so on. — Omegatron 05:17, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Layout and organization

Many of the pages in wikipedia regarding backup software or technologies are stubs, gibberish, redirects and/or redundant. I like the format of this page (Backup software), but it seems to be more appropriate to an overview style Backup page. I think an appropriate layout would have overview type page for data backup in general, with separate pages for backup technologies and software implementations. -- Austin Murphy 16:30, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CDs less expensive than hard disks?

That has once been the case, yes -- though hard disk prices have changed. Also one hard drive is easier (== cheaper) to handle than multiple CDs.

What does everyone say? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.80.80.11 (talk) 09:37, 25 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Most of what this page needs is over at Backup

There doesn't need to be separate Backup and Backup Software pages if we're not going to divide the more general backup topics and software specific ones between the two pages properly. Both pages could use a lot more content though. Dividing the pages up now would just make the resulting pages weaker. - SJ