What is the best way to back up data ..work ..etc

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#248090

By jeffg - Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:24 am

- Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:24 am #248090

b-kandor wrote:
Bubbaloo wrote:One good resource is carbonite (unlimited storage online backup) for about 5$ a month. I use this.

Read some of the lower comments.
Scarry!
http://thebogles.com/blog/2006/06/carbo ... ne-backup/

De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you

#248091

By Bubbaloo - Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:30 am

- Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:30 am #248091

jeffg wrote:
b-kandor wrote:
Bubbaloo wrote:One good resource is carbonite (unlimited storage online backup) for about 5$ a month. I use this.
Read some of the lower comments.
Scarry!
http://thebogles.com/blog/2006/06/carbo ... ne-backup/

I didn't write that!

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#248094

By ivox3 - Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:03 am

- Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:03 am #248094

glebe digital wrote:I'm a slacker when it comes to backing up, sporadic clear-outs [onto DvD] in quiet periods............that's about it.

However, all work is done/held on secondary drives, I rarely use the primary drives on any of my PCs....................whenever I've had a BSOD problem, the sercondary drive [with the work] is easy to recover, 15mins downtime,

Seems to work...............touch wood.

Yeah ......I use the same high-tech mission critical style ..... LOL

** ...with today's SATA drives, ... and the ridiculously cheap prices of HD's ...... do it yourself is really the way to go. The online thing is a PITA. .....tried that, ....dumped that.

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#248101

By simmsimaging - Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:10 am

- Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:10 am #248101

I use Acronis True image software for system and software backups. Very easy, works like a charm and has saved my butt more than once.

In my main workstation I have 8 drives configured as 2: C:/ is a mirrored pair, and d: is a high speed 6 drive RAID array (4 drives array with two redundant drives for safety. I am not sure which RAID version that is). I use a very small xcopy .bat file to quickly and easily backup daily work from one to the other, and once a week to yet another drive on a different machine as well.

Finished jobs I have always backed up to CD/DVD but just switched over to external HD's - but I double up on those for safety (too many eggs in one basket now

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#248171

By b-kandor - Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:39 pm

- Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:39 pm #248171

jeffg wrote:
b-kandor wrote:
Bubbaloo wrote:One good resource is carbonite (unlimited storage online backup) for about 5$ a month. I use this.
Read some of the lower comments.
Scarry!
http://thebogles.com/blog/2006/06/carbo ... ne-backup/

Ok, but my experience doesn't match this - it's true it took a long time for the initial backup to upload - but it's a tertiary backup for me anyways so I wasn't in a rush. As far as I can tell it's is actually unlimited - I have almost 200gb backed up at the moment....