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Affordable Home Backups for 10-100G Systems?
MichaelJames asks: "Ok, I have my MP3's streaming, all our digital pictures up, and a file server running on one machine in the basement. What would be the best way to do simple backups of the system and data? Get a tape drive Get a CDRW or DVDRW to backup the MP3 and pics, but use the old Zip drive for the file server data?" With drives in the 10-20 gig range only getting smaller and less expensive, what are we to do for backups, that have yet to scale well in the same range. For home systems with up to 100G of storage, what do you use to back up that much data, with a solution that's affordable to the average computer user? Have DVD writers become cheap enough for serious consideration as a backup media?
Just get a lot (A LOT) of 1.44MB floppy disks...
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WWJD...For a Klondike Bar?
Hey, I've got all these 5 1/4" floppy disks sitting in boxes in a back closet. I bet if I added them all up, they would amount to close to 100 GB.
To minimize your storage costs, try using LZip: Lossy Compression. Sure, you won't be able to restore your system to EXACTLY the same state, but you can compress your files to as little as 0% of their original size!
Clearly the answer, for easy backups of a 100G drive, is 21 iPods.
sulli
RTFJ.
Is there something you are trying to keep secure?
Why do you want to keep your data safe?
Is an encryption device utilized with a harddrive or an application?
Where did you obtain all of your software?
Are you looking to copy to a device that has the ability to encrypt files?
If you are looking for a portable back-up device, why do you need it to be portable?
Do you travel extensively?
When you do travel, do you primarily travel by air?
Do you have a digital camera?
Do you have a mobile phone?
Have you ever encrypted an email message?
Have you ever deleted an email message?
If so, have you had data rewrite over the sector(s) containing such message?
What was the title of the last book you purchased?
"There ought to be limits to freedom"
For the love of god, man, please stop posting pictures of yourself to alt.sex.fat
I'm sharing my cable modem via 802.11 with all the neighbors and since I am the local "neighborhood helpdesk technician", they often come to me for advice.
I'm so sorry to hear that...
So I worked out a deal so that everyone is backing up to each other's PC at night on a weekly basis.
...and I'm really sorry to hear that. I hope you have a good lawyer and some written authorization from your neighbors.
Just the thought of what you've setup is enough to give me shivers.
What were you thinking? You're setting yourself up for a huge lawsuit and/or war with your neighbors. What if someone gets pissed at you because your dog leaves a surprise on their lawn? (just an example). You're the one who's responsible here, and you get no benefit. Your neighbors are leeching off your cable modem and using you for your computer knowledge.
Geeze, if I were you I'd be going insane! At least charge them for cable modem usage. And charge them for backups, but back it up to your own server. Get a tape drive and keep a recent set offsite (perhaps at a friendly neighbor's place, or a friend's place). And most of all... have a full contract signed by your neighbors clearing you of any responsibility!
Excuse me while I have a heart attack...
So, is this Fibonacci backup method?
Babies are cute because they have to be.
I've been backing up my data for the last 4 years. I mean literally, I'm not done yet.
I've been looking at the raw data and writing down the 1's and 0's in the correct order in notebooks.
it's long, painful, and expensive; but... but... well I know I started doing it for a reason...
"when life gets complicated, I like to take a nap in a tree and wait for dinner" - Hobbes.
>When was the last time you saw a DC600 cartridge >tape drive available?)
Three days ago, since you asked.
you have it all wrong.
The best way to backup mp3s is to give them to ALL your friends. it even has a technical term - Massively Distributed Backup. It is simple, effective, lawyer-proof and probably even nuke-proof (depending on the spacial distribution of your friends).
Can't I just have the petabyte holocube now and be done with it?
Just FTP the files to the SAN at work. I hear they have tape drives and might even do backups!
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