Backup recommendations

[Stuart]

"Max Pyziur" wrote:
> Much thanks to all for the recommendations.  Looks as though rsync wins 
> hands down, feet up.

I am also thinking about a backup stratagy for my home
network, but am concerned about a rsync-only stratagy.
If my house burns down, it will take the rsync disk
with it.  

So I am thinking about writing critical stuff to dvd 
periodically but I have read conflicting comments about
the longevity of writable dvd's.
Any comments?