Well, the one other option I'm looking into is a network harddrive. 50-90 Gig drives are getting pretty cheap and if you have a 4-port type firewall-LAN box they can hook up pretty nicely that way- and more drives added as needed... Only problem is- you STILL haven't BACKED UP everything. The other backup option is streaming tape. It's too slow for access, but it can backup huge amounts of stuff. But then, you might as well get the DVD-RAM system once you factor in the total costs/speed issue...