Home Backup solution for off site storage

[sport9155]

I'm rather torn on this subject so I thought I would see what others think.
I have a large number of digital Pic's (Photograpy is a hobby) and I do run a second HD for mirroring of this data, and have been using DVD's for offsite storage. Now I always knew that optical media can be unpredictable, and each year there are more articles that suggest that this media's life span is getting shorter then was once thought. So I have a quest to find a reliable storage medium!
I was thinking of getting a NAS to put at a friends house and then using its FTP service backup to it, but then I'll be limited to my upload speed (even with high speed internet) that seems to pose a limitation with my current, "Mozy", online storage service.
I was thinking of an Iomega Rev Drive as the media is simple and can hold alot of data. I just not sure if it is as good, although more convient, then using an external HD. What has been peoples experiences with the Rev Drive?

 

[alcattle]

Haw much space are you talking about? A removable HD or two might be a sweet spot.

 

[sport9155]

Currently I'm at 22GB of RAW picture files and since I shoot in the RAW format things can add up pretty easy. If I have a busy month we could be talking about a growth rate of at least a 1GB/mnth in some cases.

 

[bga]

I would get a USB DAT72 tapedrive. 36GB uncompressed data capacity per DAT tape cartridge is very good. The speed is nice, and tape is easy to transport to off-site storage.

Look here:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/dat72usb/index.html

It can be gotten relatively cheaply, and is found in both internal and external versions.