SOHO Backups?

[Ted Roche]

Speaking, as Ben was, of backups....

What's the current thinking on backup systems for small businesses? I  
have a client with a 6-year-old PC and tape drive, still running  
(tested and verified) tapes on rotation. Is there a better solution  
these days? Years ago, I thought CD-R or DVD would replace tapes,  
since the original WORM drives appeared to store data for a century.  
However, I hear CD-ROM is unreliable even over 12 months, so that's out.

For a wacky thought: How about USB tabs? With 256 mb going for  
firesale prices at this point, a client could rotate two weeks worth,  
plus weekly and monthly offsite copies, for about the cost of a tape  
drive and tapes.

Anyone else have a different idea for backups or is tape still the  
thing?

Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com