[GLLUG] DVD+RW recommendations
Richard Houser
rick at divinesymphony.net
Mon Mar 10 21:50:04 EDT 2008
Stanley C. Mortel wrote:
> Richard,
>
> I was thinking PATA, but SATA or SCSI would work fine. Mostly I want
> reliability in a basic featured model. The $25 units (or so) are so
> cheaply made, and the expensive ones play BluRay, etc. I am looking for
> a high quality basic unit to burn backup sets for a few years on a small
> business Linux server. The server has SATA and SCSI.
In that case, I'd recommend a Sony or Lite-On 16-20X PATA drive (same
core drive, Sony firmware rumored to have a little better compatibility
with some media). I've got two of them (and two earlier CD-RW) and
they've been among my best burners. Overall, they have excellent media
compatibility.
The Sony SATA drives appear to be of a different make, and have only
recently been available, so I'm not familiar with them. I've had a SATA
drive for a few months now with no problems (slower reads though, even
with a faster rating), but I haven't had it long enough to make much of
a recommendation.
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