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Affordable and Safe Data Protection Practices?

Posted by Cliff on from the preserving-your-data dept.

cfreeze asks: "With the recent fire at the University of Twente, I started to think 'Are the steps I'm taking to backup my home network sufficient?'. The first thing going through my mind was the need to mail a set of recent backup discs to a family member. I feel this is a good first step, but due to the distances involved it may prove to be impractical. The second was a small hidden personal safe that is fireproof. What steps are you taking?" If you are interested in truly protecting your data, you have to realize that making backups is just a start. Next comes protecting those backups from floods, fires, and other catastrophes that might occur. What do you do to protect your backups?

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  1. What do you do to protect your backups? by GMontag · · Score: 5, Funny

    What do you do to protect your backups?

    I use the squirrel method, hiding my data on the drives of unsuspecting dupes all over the internet.

    Unfortunately, I can't remember where all of these bits are, so if my primary system gets messed up I am going to be dataless :(

    --
    Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
  2. Fire at the University of Twente by Slycee · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's nothing compared to what happened to the Univeristy of One through the University of Nineteen. Let's hope they realize their mistakes with the release of the University of Twente-One

  3. Use Kazza to make backups.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pad your data into some porn movie and you will have loads of copies floated around the internet.

  4. pr0n!!!! by forged · · Score: 5, Funny
    no one cares about pr0n anyway ... or do they?

    You're new around here, aren't you?

  5. perfect solution... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) when placing your media in the fireproof safe pack so that it'd survive a good fall.

    2) put the fireproof safe in a blasting shell of sorts surrounded by some explosives with a high ignition temp...

    3) you're done! when the fire engulfs the shell your safe is in, the safe itself will be shot outside... your media/backups will be safe & unmelted!